Middle East

A suicide attacker blew himself up at a funeral in eastern Afghanistan on Sunday, killing at least 15 mourners and…

Turkish police have detained 20 people, including 15 foreign nationals, on suspicion of links to Islamic State during raids in…

Saudi Arabia’s National Commercial Bank (NCB), the kingdom’s largest lender, said on Sunday its board had proposed increasing the bank’s…

Iran warned on Sunday that protesters will “pay the price” after a third night of unrest saw mass demonstrations across…

In 2014, Abdulrahman Saad was taken from his home in Mosul by Islamic State fighters, leaving his family in limbo.…

Israel has formally notified UNESCO that it will withdraw from the UN culture and education body. Israel said in October that it…

The health of 10 women prisoners in Turkey has deteriorated since they went on hunger strike to protest against a…

Street protests hit Iran for a third day running on Saturday, spreading to the capital Tehran with crowds confronting police…

Iranian hard-liners rallied Saturday to support the country’s supreme leader and clerically overseen government as spontaneous protests sparked by anger…

Russian President Vladimir Putin told his Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad in a new year’s greeting that Russia will continue supporting…