Middle East

Iraq's powerful Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr has called for a sit-at the gates of Baghdad's heavily fortified government district, stepping…

US Secretary of State John Kerry stressed the need to move now to end the conflicts in Syria and Yemen…

Lebanon's Interior Minister Nohad Machnouk said on Friday the country's rubbish crisis had been "99 percent solved" at a government…

Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday a constitutional court ruling that led to the release of two detained newspaper…

The Arab League labeled Shi'ite Muslim group Hezbollah a terrorist organization on Friday, Egyptian state media said, as tensions rise…

The Arab League chose former Egyptian foreign minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit on Thursday as its new secretary-general, after diplomats said…

Major powers close to UN-brokered peace talks on Syria are discussing the possibility of a federal division of the war-torn…

Iraq's powerful Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr wants Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi to stay in power but replace his cabinet with…

A hold-up over a new US defense package for Israel was behind Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's decision to forgo a…

More than 40 people suffered partial choking and skin irritation in northern Iraq when Islamic State fired mortar shells and…