Middle East

Turkey is determined to push on with its massive offensive against Kurdish forces in Syria, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said…

For Iranian parachuting enthusiast Bahareh Sassani, skydiving is “a way to prove that women are just as capable as men”…

A senior Al-Qaeda leader has called on Muslims “everywhere” to rise up and kill Jews and Americans in response to…

The third anniversary of the war in Yemen is approaching, and there are few signs that the conflict, which is…

UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric on Monday said that the international body’s top mediator for the conflict in Yemen, Ismail Ould Cheikh…

Iraq officially declared victory over the so-called Islamic State (IS) – but was this a little hasty? Many Iraqis are concerned that…

Shakil Afridi has languished in jail for years — since 2011, when the Pakistani doctor used a vaccination scam in…

Turkish police have detained 24 people for allegedly “spreading terrorist propaganda” on social media related to Ankara’s military operation against…

Turkey on Monday shelled Kurdish militia targets in Syria and claimed progress in a cross-border offensive that has stoked concern…

Israeli newspaper Maariv reported that the Israeli army formed a Special Reserve Force, made up of local residents from the…