Middle East

Turkish authorities have cancelled a festival celebrating the national drink raki because of complaints by Islamic groups, causing an uproar…

 Authorities in Libya's militia-held capital say they arrested an Emirati police officer on suspicion of being a spy, though Dubai…

The nuclear deal reached between world powers and Iran could lead to better relations between Tehran and Washington if the…

At least 100 soldiers and fighters were killed in northern Syria in just over 24 hours of fierce fighting earlier…

US Secretary of State John Kerry told an Israeli gathering at the United Nations that a two-state solution in the…

A Palestinian related to a man suspected of being behind an anti-Israeli attack was killed by undercover Israeli agents in…

Turkish police arrested a Frenchman suspected of being an Islamic State fighter after he had a hair transplant procedure at…

Kurdish forces launched an offensive Thursday to retake the northern Iraqi town of Sinjar from Islamic State militants who overran…

Iran said Wednesday that a top diplomat who went missing in the deadly stampede at this year’s hajj pilgrimage is…

Syrian opposition figures and Gulf commentators dismissed on Wednesday a Russian draft proposal for a process to solve the Syrian…