Middle East

At least 11 civilians were killed and a school day violently interrupted amid intensive Syrian government shelling of a rebel-held…

Qatar’s ruler said he is ready for U.S.-hosted direct talks aimed at solving the worst diplomatic crisis in the Gulf…

 Iraqi Kurdish political parties opposed to Masoud Barzani, the outgoing Kurdistan region leader, reported attacks on their offices in several…

Iran’s president on Sunday urged the United Nations nuclear chief to confirm his country still adheres to the nuclear deal…

Turkish police detained 61 people over suspected links to Islamic State in anti-terror operations in two cities, the state-run Anadolu…

Under pressure from the United States, Israel has delayed a bill that would connect a number of West Bank settlements…

Islamic State militants, routed from one urban stronghold after another in Syria, have recently been moving deeper into Syria’s remote…

Lebanon’s prime minister says Cyprus can help his country drum up support from other European Union member states for its…

Unidentified kidnappers bundled the deputy governor of Afghanistan’s northwestern province of Kunar into a car in the Pakistani city of…

Qatar’s emir has warned against any military confrontation over the ongoing diplomatic dispute between his country and four other Arab…