Middle East

Palestinians are preparing to celebrate Christmas in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, the historic birthplace of Jesus. Sunday’s festivities…

Iraq reached an initial deal with China’s state-run Zhenhua Oil to develop the southern portion of the East Baghdad oil…

The head of Libya’s UN-backed government urged on Saturday the international community to take a firm stance against those defying…

For the first time right-wing government allies joined anti-corruption rallies in Israel. Netanyahu is being investigated in two corruption probes…

Dozens of people have gathered in Beirut to denounce violence against women after four murders in less than a week.…

Turkey said on Sunday that 2,756 people were dismissed from their jobs in public institutions including soldiers, teachers and ministry…

Israeli authorities have arrested three Turkish tourists in Jerusalem over an incident that followed Muslim prayers at a flashpoint holy…

As soon as Turkish matchmaking website evlilikci.com made headlines, it got banned. The platform was set up to help married…

Iraqi Shi‘ite paramilitary groups have deployed to the frontier to back up border guard forces who came under fire from…

After two days of talks in Astana, Russia, Iran and Turkey announced on Friday that they would meet for a…