Middle East

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday that the government aims to hold "free" parliamentary elections next year, the official…

A report by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization has indicated that undernourishment has declined to below 5 percent, marking…

A series of barrel bombs dropped from Syrian regime helicopters killed at least 45 civilians and wounded dozens Saturday in…

The Islamic State jihadist group has seized control of the airport in the city of Sirte after forces of a…

Insurgents who captured the last government-held town in Syria's Idlib province celebrated inside on Friday and made more advances in…

Four people were killed when a car exploded near a Shi'ite mosque in Dammam, Saudi Arabia, on Friday, but authorities…

The UN nuclear watchdog said on Friday it had made incremental progress but no breakthrough in its inquiry into whether…

Heavy fighting erupted in southern Yemen near Aden airport on Friday when a Sunni Muslim militia attacked Shi'ite Houthi rebels…

Iran hit back Thursday at US charges that the trial of Washington Post journalist Jason Rezaian on spying charges lacked…

Islamic State posted photographs online which it said were taken in the central Syrian city of Palmyra and appeared to…