Middle East

Russian President Vladimir Putin began a visit to Iran on Wednesday designed to underpin closer ties between two countries at…

Iraqi Kurdish President Masoud Barzani departed office on Wednesday, leaving his nephew to reconcile with the central government in Baghdad,…

An air strike killed 29 people and wounded 17 others in northern Yemen on Wednesday, the Huthi rebel health service…

A suspected Islamist militant was arrested on Wednesday after wounding two policemen in a knife attack near the parliament building…

The unsolicited tweets started appearing on timelines over the last week. No website, company or individual is publicly associated with…

Israelis celebrate it. Palestinians despise it. The Balfour Declaration, Britain’s promise to Zionists to create a Jewish home in what…

The Syrian opposition to President Bashar al-Assad rejected a Russian-sponsored congress of Syrian groups scheduled for Nov. 18 in Sochi…

Turkey’s state broadcaster said a team of journalists filming a documentary in Myanmar had told the government of their plans…

Islamic State has claimed responsibility for an explosion in Afghan capital Kabul on Tuesday which killed multiple people, the Sunni…

At least seven Syrian children were killed in government shelling of a rebel-held area outside Damascus on Tuesday, most as…