Israel has given final building approval for 352 homes in settlements in the occupied West Bank, an anti-settlement movement said

Myanmar's admission that soldiers were involved in the murder of 10 Muslims in September is an important step and the United States hopes it will be followed by more transparency and accountability, the US ambassador says.

Thousands on death row for drug crimes in Iran will escape hanging as a new softened anti-narcotics law is enforced, local media reported yesterday.

Middle-class Afghans turned jihadists have assisted the Islamic State group's expansion from its stronghold in Afghanistan's restive

The Arab League will meet on February 1 to discuss how to counter US President Donald Trump's move last month to recognise

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's son has been caught on tape seemingly drunk outside a strip club talking about a key natural

A tanker carrying Iranian oil that collided with a Chinese freight ship in the East China Sea was still on fire yesterday morning, the

Iran has foiled attempts by its foreign enemies to turn legitimate protests into an insurgency to overthrow the Islamic Republic,

The Israeli army overnight carried out air strikes and fired rockets at targets in Syria, causing damage near a military position, the

Sports stadiums in Saudi Arabia will open their doors to women to attend football matches for the first time ever on

Footprint of the militant Islamic State (IS) group is continuously on the rise in the country, especially in northern Sindh

Iraqi security forces are forcibly returning civilians from refugee camps to unsafe areas in the predominantly Sunni

Two people were injured, one seriously, in an early-morning fire near the top of Trump Tower in midtown Manhattan,

Protests that shook Iran were not just aimed at the economy, President Hassan Rouhani said yesterday, suggesting the real

Syria's army and its allies pressed further into the country's largest remaining rebel stronghold yesterday, capturing a

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday called for the closure of the United Nations agency for Palestinian

Saudi Arabian authorities detain 11 princes after they gathered at a royal palace in Riyadh in a rare protest against the government suspending payment of their utility bills.

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called on Saudi Arabia to release a local journalist who was reportedly arrested this week

At least 25 people are feared to have drowned in a shipwreck off Libya after a dinghy, possibly carrying some 150 migrants, ran into

Saudi authorities have detained 11 princes after they gathered at a royal palace in Riyadh in a rare protest against austerity measures