Israel's government yesterday decided to hold early elections in April with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu struggling to keep together a one-seat majority in parliament as he also

At least 13 people were killed and 17 wounded in a car bomb attack claimed by al-Qaeda-linked group al Shabaab close to the

Saudi Arabia yesterday announced the creation of three new government bodies aimed at improving the country's intelligence operations in the wake of the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, which has sparked international outrage.

A court yesterday acquitted 43 NGO staff accused of receiving illicit foreign funds to stir up unrest during Egypt's 2011 uprising, a judge

The United Arab Emirates said on Wednesday that reconciliation talks it hosted between the United States and Taliban officials from

US President Donald Trump yesterday defended his surprise decision to declare victory over Islamic State militants and completely

A Yemeni mother who was granted a waiver from President Donald Trump's ban on travel from several Muslim majority countries has arrived in the US to say goodbye to her dying toddler son.

US President Donald Trump's order to withdraw US troops from Syria also signifies an end to the US air campaign against Islamic State there, US officials told Reuters yesterday, speaking on condition of anonymity.

It was set to be the most discreet yet potent measure of US influence in the Middle East.

A mother from Yemen was granted Tuesday her wish to see her dying toddler one last time in the United States, which agreed to issue

The United States said Monday it was no longer seeking to topple Syrian President Bashar al-Assad but renewed warnings it would not fund reconstruction unless the regime is "fundamentally different."

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's eldest, Yair, tweeted on Sunday that Facebook blocked his page for 24 hours over apparent anti-Muslim posts

US President Donald Trump told his Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan that Washington was working on extraditing a US-based Muslim

Israel's army yesterday said it has uncovered another Hezbollah "attack tunnel" leading from Lebanon into its territory, the fourth since it

Clashes shook Yemen's flashpoint city of Hodeida yesterday after air strikes and deadly fighting on the outskirts overnight, residents

UN chief Antonio Guterres yesterday called for a "credible" probe into journalist Jamal Khashoggi's murder in Saudi Arabia's consulate

A car bomb killed at least eight people including four civilians near a pro-Turkey rebel post in the northern Syrian city of Afrin on

Kurdish-led forces seized the Islamic State's main hub of Hajin, the largest settlement in what is the last pocket of territory controlled by

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday that Israel would be prepared to attack inside Iran if the Jewish state's survival was at stake.

A Palestinian shot dead two Israelis in the occupied West Bank yesterday, the military said, after security forces killed two Palestinian murder suspects, stoking fears of wider violence.