Middle East

Fireworks and ammonium nitrate appear to have been the fuel that ignited a massive explosion that rocked the Lebanese capital…

DUBAI (Reuters) — Iran’s president offered on Wednesday to send medical aid to Lebanon and treat people injured in the…

BEIRUT (AP) — Residents of Beirut awoke to a scene of utter devastation on Wednesday, a day after a massive…

A huge explosion near the centre of Beirut killed at least 10 people, injured hundreds and sent shockwaves across the…

BEIRUT (AP) — Dozens of Lebanese protesters tried to storm the Ministry of Energy on Tuesday, angered by prolonged power…

JERUSALEM (Reuters) — A stand-off between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his main coalition partner over passage of Israel’s budget…

DUBAI (Reuters) — The health of the Kuwait’s 91-year old emir has shown “significant improvement”, parliament quoted the prime minister…

DUBAI (Reuters) — A fire broke out at an Iranian industrial area near Tehran on Tuesday, Iran’s state TV reported,…

BASRA, Iraq (AP) — In Iraq’s oil-rich south, the scorching summer months pose painful new choices in the age of…

ISTANBUL (Reuters) — Turkey’s consumer price inflation fell to a lower-than-expected 11.76 percent year-on-year in July, the Turkish Statistical Institute…