A high-level Russian diplomatic and military delegation arrived to Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri’s Downtown residence Thursday to discuss a Russian initiative for Syria refugee returns. The...
United Nations human rights experts called on Bahrain on Thursday to end the repression of activists, restrictions on freedom of expression and discrimination against women. Bahrain,...
Syrian relief workers and the United Nations began distributing humanitarian assistance provided by France to the battered region of Eastern Ghouta on Thursday, the Syrian Arab...
A senior Iranian military commander said on Thursday Donald Trump should address any threats against Tehran directly to him and he mocked the U.S. president as...
Iran replaced its central bank chief Wednesday, local media reported, amid fallout over banking scandals and the crisis facing the country’s economy. Valiollah Seif, who had...
Turkey’s parliament is expected to hold a final vote Wednesday on a security law giving authorities broad counter-terrorism powers following the lifting of the two-year state...
Suicide attacks in southern Syria have killed at least 38 people, reports say. The attacks took place in and around the government-held city of Sweida, state...
A four-storey residential building in central Istanbul on Tuesday (Jul 24) collapsed into a cloud of dust in front of watching media, after several hours perching...
Israel’s prime minister has angrily rebuffed comments by the Turkish president who called Israel the “most fascist, racist state” in the world. Benjamin Netanyahu accused Recep...
Israel has shot down a Syrian warplane flying over its airspace over southern Golan, according to its military. The Israel Defense Forces tweeted that two Patriot...
A Kuwaiti social-media influencer who was criticized over comments she made about Filipino domestic workers has defended her remarks. Sondos Alqattan had posted an Instagram video...