Iran's parliament yesterday gave initial approval to a bill to boost spending on Tehran's missile programme and the

A Saudi-led coalition, including Egypt, the UAE and Bahrain, and several more countries, cut all ties to Qatar in June

The UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria has gathered enough evidence for President Bashar al-Assad to be convicted

The death toll from Egypt's latest train disaster rose to 41 yesterday as cranes worked to clear the stricken railway line

At least 23 rebel fighters were killed Friday and dozens more wounded in a suicide blast in southern Syria near the

Flash floods triggered by heavy rain in northeastern Iran have left at least 11 people dead and two missing, the Red

Iraq's Kurds are sticking to a plan to hold an independence referendum on Sept 25, despite a US request to postpone

A 10-year-old Afghan refugee dubbed "Little Picasso" exhibited his paintings and photographs in Belgrade on

Israel warned Gaza's Hamas rulers yesterday not to try to foil its construction of a border wall designed to stop tunnels

Four boys and two girls have been arrested in Iran for teaching "Western" dance moves including Zumba, a Colombian

Qatar, isolated by its neighbours in a diplomatic crisis, yesterday introduced a visa-free entry programme for 80

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani appointed two female vice presidents yesterday but continued to take flak from

Qatar announces a programme to allow visa-free entry for citizens of 80 countries to encourage air transport and tourism amid a two-month boycott imposed on the Gulf state by its neighbors.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani yesterday put forward a new cabinet line-up that was immediately criticised by reformists for its lack of

At least four soldiers were killed and eight injured when one of their colleagues opened fire on a military air base in southern Tehran

Police in Dubai reopen the streets around one of the world’s tallest residential skyscrapers after firefighters put out a blaze that erupted in the high-rise, forcing residents to evacuate in the middle of the night and sending chunks of debris plummeting below.

Iran yesterday said that new US sanctions were a violation of its nuclear deal with world powers, piling pressure on President Hassan

A ceasefire between government forces and rebels went into effect in part of central Syria yesterday after Russia struck a deal with the

Attacks on the Iraqi embassy and a Shia mosque in Afghanistan have reinforced fears that Islamic State militants are seeking to bring

Israeli police grilled Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's wife for two hours on Wednesday on suspicion that she diverted public money