Middle East

THE HAGUE: Israeli President Shimon Peres has said that his government will seriously consider ratifying the Chemical Weapons Convention."I am sure our government will...

CAIRO: An Egyptian court on Monday upheld former Prime Minister Hisham Kandil’s one-year prison sentence and ordered his arrest.Kandil, who was appointed by deposed...

BAGHDAD: At least 42 persons were killed while over a hundred sustained injuries in a series of car bomb explosions in predominantly Shi'ite neighborhoods...

WASHINGTON: The United States is aiming to oust Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad from power as he has inflicted horrific violence on his country that's...

UNITED NATIONS: The UN Security Council unanimously passed a landmark resolution Friday ordering the destruction of Syria's chemical weapons and condemning a murderous poison...

DAMASCUS: At least 60 persons were killed and dozens others injured when a car bomb exploded in Rankus, a town 30 kilometers north of...

UNITED NATIONS: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Thursday called for global nuclear disarmament and urged Israel to join the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) without further...

BAGHDAD: At least 23 persons were killed when three blasts went off inside markets in mainly Sunni Muslim districts of Iraqi capital Baghdad on...

DAMASCUS: A team of UN chemical weapons experts returned to the Syrian capital of Damascus on Wednesday to complete its investigation into the use...

CAIRO: The authorities in Egypt have closed the headquarters of the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice newspaper in Cairo, two days after an administrative...