Middle East

  Israel’s Iron Dome anti-missile shield shot down a barrage of mortar shells fired from the Gaza Strip on Tuesday…

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas was released from hospital on Monday after an eight-day stay and treatment for what officials said…

  China will host Iranian President Hassan Rouhani next month at a regional summit aimed at avoiding disruption of joint…

  Bahrain sees no resolution in sight to a diplomatic row between Qatar and its neighbors, which cut diplomatic and…

Libyan rivals will meet on Tuesday in Paris to agree on a political roadmap that aims to resolve disputed issues…

Two people, including a child, were killed and three others went missing in the Omani province of Dhofar after Cyclone…

Iran wants European powers to present it with measures by the end of May to compensate it for the U.S.…

  Saudi Arabia has released veteran women’s rights activist Aisha al-Manea following her arrest last week with several other activists…

  Anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr’s political coalition has won Iraq’s parliamentary election, the election commission announced late Friday. The Saeroon…

  Syria’s deputy foreign minister said on Wednesday that the army could head north or south after crushing militants in…