Middle East

A recent decree in the governorate of Beheira banning the burning of straw and wood has met with limited success,…

A U.N. human rights commission said on Thursday it was concerned by intimidation of civil society activists, harassment of journalists,…

A senior U.S. diplomat has presented a proposal for a comprehensive ceasefire in Yemen to the country's dominant Houthis at…

Russia said the Syrian army had begun to withdraw from a road into Aleppo on Thursday, a prerequisite for pressing…

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday took a swipe at Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, saying it was "unacceptable and…

The parents of 11-month-old Barthenia Guirguis Abdel Masih spent two whole days going from hospital to hospital all over Cairo…

Egyptian president Abdel Fattah el-Sisi is due to meet with US presidential candidate Hillary Clinton next week on the sidelines…

Authorities in a port controlled by Yemen's Houthi movement have seized two oil tankers from international traders in a payment…

The United States will give Israel $38 billion in military assistance over the next decade, the largest such aid package…

For Pentagon officers who cut their teeth during the Cold War, the prospect of U.S. battlefield cooperation with Russia in…