Iranian President Hassan Rouhani declares the end of Islamic State in an address broadcast live on state TV.

Leaders of various Palestinian factions headed for the Egyptian capital Cairo yesterday ahead of talks aimed at moving

Turkish authorities yesterday issued arrest warrants for 107 teachers for suspected ties to the US-based cleric Ankara

Iraq's top court yesterday declared the Kurdish north's independence referendum in September to be

Iran yesterday dismissed as "worthless" a resolution by Arab League foreign ministers that accused the Islamic

Saudi Arabia has recalled its ambassador to Berlin in protest over comments made by the German Foreign Minister

Opium production in Afghanistan reached a record high this year, rising 87 percent compared with last year, after a

Pressure in Lebanon and abroad mounted yesterday for premier Saad Hariri to return to Beirut from Saudi Arabia,

Tens of thousands of Iranians spent a second night in the open after a 7.3-magnitude quake struck near the border with Iraq, killing

Air strikes on a market killed at least 21 civilians, including children, in a town in northern Syria yesterday despite a

Young and old, desk clerks and activists, Yemenis from all walks of life took to the streets yesterday to protest a

Nizar Abdullah spent the night sifting through the ruins of the two-storey house next door in the mountainous town

More than 400 people have been killed in Iran when a magnitude 7.3 earthquake jolted the country, state media says, and rescuers have been searching for dozens trapped under rubble in the mountainous area. At least six have died in Iraq as well.

An Iraqi army helicopter crashed yesterdeay south of Baghdad during a training exercise killing all three crew members

Gulf kingdom Bahrain has accused Iran of being behind a pipeline fire that temporarily halted oil supplies from Saudi

Desperately needed humanitarian assistance entered a rebel-held town near Syria's capital yesterday, the Red Cross

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday warned Palestinian militants against carrying out attacks in

Bahraini Shia opposition leader Sheikh Ali Salman will face trial later this month for "spying" for Qatar, the state

Participants in Beirut's annual marathon usually run to support medical research or human rights. But this year,

The Israeli army said it had shot down a Russian-made Syrian drone carrying out a reconnaissance mission over the