Middle East

MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin plans to visit Iran in mid-August in an effort to restart talks on Iran's controversial nuclear programme.Putin's first trip...

BAGHDAD: Unspecified number of militants armed with mortar rounds and automatic weapons stormed a police station outside the northern city of Mosul early on...

It is not merely the faith or oil that flows out of Saudi Arabia. The oil-rich Arab state and its neighbours are busy financing...

WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama can now go ahead with a plan to arm the struggling Syrian rebels, after several congressional concerns have been...

BRUSSELS: The European Union on Monday declared the military wing of Lebanese party Hezbollah a terrorist group.The decision by the EU's 28 foreign ministers...

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Monday strongly condemned the deliberate and wanton attack on the holy sites including the recent attack on Sayyeda Bibi Zainab's shrine...

CAIRO: Egypt will re-examine its severed relations with Syria, and will improve ties with the conflict-stricken Arab nation, the country’s newly installed Foreign Minister...

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia has imposed a travel ban on Mufti Muhammad Al-Arifi due to his support of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood, a report says.“He was...

GAZA: Hamas has rejected the proposal by US Secretary of State John Kerry for the resumption of peace talks between Israel and the Palestinian...

AMMAN: An agreement has been reached between the Israelis and Palestinians for the basis to resume Middle East peace talks, US Secretary of State...