Pope Francis yesterday issued a rallying cry to protect memory at the Armenian genocide memorial in Yerevan, on day

A Palestinian woman rammed her car into a West Bank checkpoint yesterday, wounding two Israelis before being shot

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has suggested Turkey could hold a referendum over whether to continue its long-stalled accession process to join the European Union.

Dubai is breaking new ground with its decision to loosen rules prohibiting day-time alcohol sales during the Muslim

Warplanes have bombed the Islamic State group's de facto Syrian capital Raqa, killing at least 25 civilians, after the jihadists drove pro-government forces out of their bastion.

At least 25 people have been killed and dozens injured in an explosion at an ammunition store in the western Libyan town of Garabulli.

Attacks on hospitals since Syria's war broke out five years ago leaves more than 700 doctors and medical workers dead, many of them in air strikes, according to UN investigators.

The head of Iran's Revolutionary Guards has suggested there could be armed resistance in Bahrain after the Sunni Muslim-ruled kingdom's top Shia cleric was stripped of his citizenship.

Bahraini authorities have revoked the citizenship of the most prominent Shia cleric in the Sunni-ruled kingdom, accusing him of

Iran's intelligence ministry yesterday said it had thwarted a major jihadist plot to carry out bomb attacks in the capital Tehran and other parts of the country, state media reported.

Artillery fire from Turkey and coalition air strikes killed 23 Islamic State militants in northern Syria, broadcaster Haberturk reported yesterday.

A busload of Nepali security guards were among 23 people killed in a string of bombings across Afghanistan yesterday, days after Washington expanded the US military's authority to strike the insurgents.

Iraqi forces hunted down holdout jihadists in Falluja yesterday after retaking the city centre and trained their sights on Mosul, the

Dozens of US diplomats think America should launch military strikes against the Syrian government, according to a

Iraqi forces raised the national flag over the main government compound in Fallujah yesterday, top commanders

The flight data recorder from the EgyptAir plane that crashed in the Mediterranean Sea last month is retrieved, Egyptian investigators say. The news comes a day after search teams recovered the cockpit voice recorder from the wreckage of Flight MS804.

More than 50 State Department diplomats signs an internal memo sharply critical of US policy in Syria, calling for military strikes against President Bashar al-Assad's government to stop its persistent violations of a cease-fire in the country's civil war.

The Dead Sea, the salty lake located at the lowest point on Earth, is gradually shrinking under the heat of the Middle Eastern sun. For those who live on its shores it's a slow-motion crisis - but finding extra water to sustain the sea will be a huge challenge.

A court in Qatar convicts a Dutch woman of having sex outside marriage after she told police she was raped.

Libyan forces have retaken parts of Sirte from IS militants, gaining ground in the extremist group's most significant stronghold outside