Middle East

BAGHDAD: At least 21 people were killed and 50 others were injured in a series of blasts that ripped through the center of the...

PARIS: French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said on Thursday that France and Britain are ready to deliver weapons to Syria’s rebels even if EU...

NEW YORK: instead of speaking directly with oil rich Saudi Arabia, UN through its two independent human rights experts condemns the execution by firing...

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia on Wednesday publicly executed seven men convicted of thefts, looting and armed robberies, despite appeals for clemency by UN experts and...

RIYADH: The World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Tuesday that it has been notified of another infection with the novel coronavirus (NCoV), taking the...

BRUSSELS: The European Union (EU) on Tuesday imposed sanctions on a new group of Iranians for alleged human rights violations, the move brings the...

KIRKUK: At least five people were killed and 36 others were wounded in a suicide attack in northern Iraq on Monday, security officials said.A...

TUNIS: Tunisia's Prime Minister-designate Ali Larayedh on Friday unveiled a new coalition government led by the Islamist Ennahda party and supported by the center-left...

CAIRO: An Egyptian administrative court on Wednesday directed to cancel President Mohamed Morsi’s decree that had called parliamentary elections scheduled for April 22, saying...

GAZA CITY: A UN aid agency has called off Gaza's third international marathon, scheduled to take place on April 10, after the Palestinian militant...