A fire at a carpentry workshop in the Saudi capital has left 10 people dead and three others injured, the kingdom's civil defence says.

A princess has been named to head a Saudi multi-sports federation, in a first for women in the conservative Muslim

Freed Canadian hostage Joshua Boyle accused his kidnappers of murdering his baby daughter and raping his wife

Thousands of Iraqi troops were locked in an armed standoff with Kurdish forces in the disputed oil province of Kirkuk yesterday as Washington scrambled to avert fighting between the key allies in the war against the Islamic State group.

Iranians responded with anger and mockery on Saturday to the bellicose criticism of their government by US

The Iraqi army launched an operation to retake Kurdish-held positions around the disputed oil city of Kirkuk on Friday amid a bitter row with the Kurds over a vote for independence last month.

Iraq's prime minister yesterday denied an attack on the Kurds was imminent, in a bid to defuse tensions that had prompted Kurdish

An Iraqi court yesterday ordered the arrest of senior Kurdish officials responsible for organising an independence referendum, in the

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani lashed out at US counterpart Donald Trump on Tuesday, saying he was opposing "the whole world"

Talks for the safe exit of civilians trapped in Syria's Raqa were underway yesterday, as US-backed forces prepare a final push to

Palestinian rivals Fatah and Hamas began detailed negotiations behind closed doors in Cairo yesterday on ending their

The UN atomic agency chief yesterday affirmed Iran's commitment to a 2015 nuclear deal, in a statement that came as US President

US-backed fighters say they are nearing the "final week" of their assault to drive the Islamic State group from their one-time Syrian

Iran warned the United States against designating its Revolutionary Guards Corp as a terrorist group and said US

A final assault on Islamic State's last line of defence in its former Syrian capital Raqa should begin yesterday night, a

Iranian Foreign Minister Jawad Zarif has condemned US President Donald Trump over his threats to walk away from a

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan yesterday said that pro-Ankara Syrian rebels were staging a new military

At least 16 people were killed yesterday when a train slammed into a bus that had broken down on a level crossing

The worst fighting since the battle for eastern Aleppo last year is raging in several regions of Syria, causing

The Saudi Arabia-led coalition fighting in Yemen was placed on a UN blacklist on Thursday for killing and maiming