Middle East

Yemeni President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi appointed a new vice-president and prime minister on Sunday, pro-Hadi state media reported, sacking prime…

Syrian and allied forces backed by Russian air strikes drove Islamic State militants out of the town of al-Qaryatain on…

Libya's National Oil Corporation said on Saturday it was working with the UN-backed unity government, which arrived in Tripoli this…

Islamic State militants retreating from Palmyra laid thousands of mines that they planned to set off simultaneously as the army…

An Indian priest abducted by gunmen in Yemen last month is safe and could be released soon, a Catholic group…

The Pentagon warned Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi that he will eventually "taste justice" as the US military continues…

Leaders of Libya's UN-backed unity government ventured out onto the streets of Tripoli for the first time on Friday, amid…

US President Barack Obama on Friday said he was troubled by trends in Turkey against a free press and said…

Bahrain's foreign minister said on Friday that Gulf Arab states were prepared to confront Iran over its foreign policy and…

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Thursday he was working to stop Palestinian knife attacks and other street violence against…