Israel launched air raids on the Gaza Strip yesterday after a day of tensions along the border of the Palestinian territory whose

Hundreds of Egyptian journalists demanded the sacking of the interior minister in a raucous meeting at the Journalists'

Yemen's warring parties resumed face-to-face peace talks yesterday after a three-day break triggered by a walkout by

Saudi Arabia executed a citizen convicted of murder yesterday taking to 90 the number of people the ultra-conservative Muslim

Dozens of people are reported to have been killed in fierce clashes between rebel groups and government forces in the

Egyptian police stormed the headquarters of the journalists' association in central Cairo Sunday and arrested two journalists for

Three bombs went off in and around Baghdad yesterday, killing at least 14 people, including Shia Muslim worshippers

Shelling by Turkish artillery and drones which took off from southern Turkey struck Islamic State targets in Syria on Sunday,

Fresh air strikes pummelled the Syrian city of Aleppo yesterday as US Secretary of State John Kerry made a desperate bid to salvage a two-month ceasefire in the war-torn country.

Government forces have launched operations against the Taliban in 18 provinces of Afghanistan as fighting has intensified since

Reformist and moderate Iranian politicians allied with President Hassan Rouhani won second round parliamentary elections,

Terrified residents fled a new wave of air strikes on rebel-held areas of Syria's second city Aleppo yesterday, as a "freeze" in

Thousands of angry protesters broke into Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone yesterday and stormed the Iraqi parliament building after lawmakers again failed to approve new ministers. Jubilant supporters of Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr invaded the main session hall, shouting slogans glorifying their leader and claiming that they had rooted out corruption.

Iran's supreme leader and president yesterday accused the United States of hostility and bad faith saying the

Four Bangladeshi migrant workers are killed and two others injured in a road crash at Dukhan in Qatar.

An Egyptian court yesterday postponed its verdict and sentence in the trial of ousted Islamist president Mohamed

Talks aimed at ending Yemen's war opened in Kuwait on Thursday, with Kuwait's top diplomat appealing to both sides

A suicide bomber targeted Shia worshippers at a Baghdad mosque after Friday prayers, killing at least eight people,

Four Turkish academics went on trial yesterday for "terrorist propaganda" in the latest of a series of court cases

Russian forces in Syria have fired at least twice on Israeli military aircraft, prompting Prime Minister Benjamin