Iraqi forces seized a damaged Mosul bridge yesterday which could link up their units on either side of the Tigris river,

Malaysia welcomed Saudi Arabia's King Salman yesterday for the start of a rare, month-long Asian tour, where the monarch will build ties

Iran launched naval drills at the mouth of the Gulf and the Indian Ocean yesterday, a naval commander said, as tensions with the United

Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir was in Baghdad for talks yesterday, the first such visit by a chief diplomat from the kingdom since

Iran is complying with the landmark nuclear deal it sealed with major world powers in 2015, according to a report from the UN watchdog

UN efforts to launch a new round of Syria peace talks sputtered yesterday as suicide attacks killed dozens of people, raising the death

A suicide assault on two security service bases in Syria's third city of Homs kills dozens of people, including a top intelligence chief, overshadowing peace talks in Geneva.

A suicide bomber killed eight people and wounded 11 yesterday when he blew up his vehicle at the gate of a Yemeni army base, security

Israel will stop issuing work visas to Human Rights Watch staff, the NGO said yesterday, with the Jewish state accusing the group of being

An 18-month prison sentence for an Israeli soldier who shot dead a wounded Palestinian assailant is an "unacceptable" punishment

Iraqi forces yesterday thrust into Mosul airport on the southern edge of the jihadist stronghold for the first time since the Islamic State group overran the region in 2014.

Turkish-backed Syrian rebels yesterday announced that they had taken full control of the northern town of Al-Bab from the Islamic

Iran said Wednesday it has sent a team for talks in Saudi Arabia on the next annual pilgrimage after missing the hajj in 2016 at a time of

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull attacked the United Nations for "one-sided resolutions" against Israel's push to build

Afghanistan is set to criminalise the practice of "bacha bazi", sexual exploitation of boys, with a slew of stringent punishments laid out

Bahrain police have arrested 20 people in a crackdown on Shia villages, as legislators approved a constitutional amendment that could

Negotiations aimed at finding a political solution to the war in Syria are set to begin at the United Nations headquarters in Geneva

A young Israeli soldier who killed a wounded and incapacitated Palestinian assailant was sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment yesterday, in a show of leniency that drew Palestinian outrage after one of the most divisive trials in Israel's history.

Dubai police summon a Russian model who posed for a video while dangling from a skyscraper to sign a pledge not to put her life in danger again, a local newspaper reports.

A convoy carrying Libya's contested unity government chief, Fayez al-Sarraj, and other top officials came under heavy gunfire yesterday