Middle East

An Israel official says that on the 15th day of a hunger strike, the number of Palestinian prisoners participating in…

Tunisian security forces killed a senior commander in an Islamist group who detonated his suicide belt as he was shot…

Moroccans who secretly converted to Christianity are demanding the right to practise their faith openly in a country where Islam…

The United Arab Emirates is better known for its skyscrapers and pampered luxuries, but its small size belies a quiet…

Turkey on Saturday expelled more than 3,900 people from the civil service and military as threats to national security, in…

Turkey has blocked online encyclopedia Wikipedia, the Turkish telecommunications watchdog said on Saturday, citing a law allowing it to ban…

One American and one British man, allegedly members of the "Islamic State" militant group, IS, were arrested in Turkey after…

US Marines returned to Afghanistan's volatile Helmand Saturday, where American troops faced heated fighting until NATO's combat mission ended in…

 At 10.00am Cairo local time, Pope Francis is schedulled to celebrate Mass in a military stadium in Maadi on Saturday,…

The Afghan Taliban launched their "spring offensive" Friday, heralding fresh fighting in the drawn-out conflict as embattled security forces struggle…