The memory chips of EgyptAir 804's black box voice recorder are intact and investigators should be able to access it, a

Israeli air strikes hit four sites in the Gaza Strip yesterday, causing damage but no injuries, officials said, after Palestinian militants fired a

Eighteen pilgrims have been injured in a stampede near Islam's holiest site, Saudi media reported yesterday, as the kingdom continues to

New Taliban leader Haibatullah Akhundzada yesteday called on the US to end its "occupation" of Afghanistan in his first message since

Heavy regime bombardment of a rebel-held Syrian town yesterday killed more than 30 people including two medical

The suicide attackers who launched the deadly Istanbul airport assault were planning to take dozens of passengers

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani accused Western powers of trying to exploit differences between the world's Sunni

Syrian President Bashar al Assad said in an interview broadcast yesterday that Western countries had sent security officials to help his

Israel should stop building settlements and the Palestinians should cease incitement to violence, the Middle East diplomatic quartet

Saudi Arabia is to issue electronic bracelets to pilgrims travelling to Mecca for this year's Hajj, the world's largest Islamic gathering. It follows a stampede last year in which more than 750 people are believed to have died, with 900 injured.

An Egyptian Coptic priest was shot dead yesterday in the Sinai Peninsula where authorities are battling a jihadist insurgency,

Authoritarian firebrand Rodrigo Duterte warned of a "rough ride" after being sworn in as the Philippines' president

Who can lay claim to Rumi, the Sufi mystic who is one of the world's most beloved poets? A bid by Iran and Turkey to

A member of Indonesia's notoriously corrupt police is to be honoured for refusing to accept bribes during his 40-year

At least 70 regime and rebel fighters have been killed in 24 hours in a government assault and a jihadist-led counterattack in

US-led coalition aircraft waged a series of deadly strikes against Islamic State around the city of Falluja on Wednesday, US officials tell Reuters, with one citing a preliminary estimate of at least 250 suspected fighters killed and at least 40 vehicles destroyed.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's uncle, suspected of using ill-gotten gains to build a real estate empire in France,

A suicide bomber detonated explosives at a Sunni mosque near Baghdad where worshippers were gathered for prayers,

Intensified fighting and air strikes over the past 24 hours in Yemen have left 80 people dead, including 37 civilians,

The commander of Iraqi forces that retook Fallujah from the Islamic State group said yesterday the operation had been carried out with