Middle East

Israeli border police on Tuesday briefly detained a pair of Washington Post journalists, including the newspaper's bureau chief, as they…

Bahrain's public prosecution office said on Tuesday it had accused four US nationals of participating in an illegal gathering but…

Five years after the uprising began against dictator Muammar Gaddafi, many Libyans have lost hope of seeing the rule of…

Turkey accused Russia on Monday of an "obvious war crime" after missile attacks in northern Syria killed scores of people,…

Russia wants to see improved relations between Iran and Saudi Arabia at a time when joint action is needed to…

Islamic State militants attacked Kurdish forces in Iraq with mustard gas last year, the first known use of chemical weapons…

Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert released a video statement insisting on his innocence on Monday, before arriving at prison…

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said in an interview that Moscow does not plan to maintain its military presence in…

Turkish Defense Minister Ismet Yilmaz denied a report that some Turkish soldiers had entered Syria at the weekend and said…

Two Palestinian teenagers were shot dead by Israeli soldiers in the northern occupied West Bank on Sunday, Israel's army said,…