Middle East

A magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck southwest Iran in the early hours of Wednesday, the National Earthquake Information Center said. There…

Israel said on Tuesday it does not seek war with Iran, a day after presenting purported evidence of past Iranian…

Algeria’s biggest union urged President Abdelaziz Bouteflika on Tuesday to seek a fifth term in office in a further sign…

New Jersey man was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Monday after he pleaded guilty to traveling to Jordan…

The Syrian army began an intense bombardment of a rebel enclave near Homs on Monday, a war monitor said, as…

Iran’s Tasnim news agency said on Monday that reports of Iran’s base in Syria being hit by rockets were baseless…

Political rivals accused Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday of pushing ahead with a rare and disputed national decision-making meeting…

A Libyan transport plane crashed on Sunday at an airfield at El Sharara oilfield, killing three people, an oil engineer…

Saudi Aramco, the world’s top oil company which is preparing to go public, said on Sunday it has appointed new…

A Saudi-led coalition air strike on Yemen’s city of Sanaa killed two leaders of the armed Houthi group, Saudi state…