Middle East

Recent incursions by Israeli security forces into occupied East Jerusalem’s flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque compound have led to an international outcry, with…

Police in Beirut clashed with anti-corruption demonstrators trying to break through barbed wire protecting Lebanon's parliament on Wednesday, making several…

Hundreds of world leaders are invited to a ceremony this month to raise the Palestinian flag at the United Nations…

September 16 marks the 33rd anniversary of the Sabra and Shatila massacre, which resulted in the death of at least…

Israel reinstated the detention without trial on Wednesday of Palestinian detainee Mohammed Allan, whose recent two-month hunger strike brought him…

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has blamed Europe's refugee crisis on Western support for "terrorists", as people fleeing his country's civil…

Two Iranian women were fined US$260 in Tehran because they were "poorly veiled," AFP said Iranian media quoted a judicial source…

Yemeni Prime Minister Khaled Bahah arrived in Aden on Wednesday, his spokesman said, advancing efforts to re-establish an administration on…

Jewish settlers backed by military troops stormed Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem on Wednesday, renewing raids that began three days ago. Several…

Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants killed three Turkish police officers overnight in a bomb attack on their armoured vehicle as…