Middle East

KARACHI: The Pakistan Taliban militants set up a cell in Syria six months ago to monitor "the jihad" in the region, the BBC Urdu...

BAGHDAD: At least 24 persons were killed and 49 others injured in evening attacks against Shias in Iraq, officials said on Friday.In one of...

CAIRO: Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood has vowed to continue its "peaceful" resistance against the country's military until ousted Islamist President Muhammad Morsi is reinstated, as...

BAGHDAD: Armed men launched an assault on an army checkpoint near the Barwana town in the Iraqi western province of Anbar, killing 14 security...

CAIRO: Egypt's interim Prime Minister Hazem al-Beblawi has said that he does not rule out the participation of Muslim Brotherhood in the new government.“I...

LONDON: Britain and other Western countries have decided to enhance supply of aid to areas under the control of rebels in Syria.Speaking in the...

UNITED NATIONS: The UN Security Council has called on militants affiliated with Lebanon's Hezbollah party to cease their involvement in neighboring Syria’s civil war.In...

MOSCOW: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said that it has been confirmed that foreign-backed Syrian rebels used the chemical weapons in their fighting...

WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama has ordered Pentagon to review the US government’s assistance to Egypt’s government."Given the events of last week, the President...

CAIRO: Egypt's prosecutor general has ordered the arrest of Muslim Brotherhood leaders including the supreme leader of the group, Muhammed Badie, on charges of...