Lebanon’s caretaker government is under mounting pressure to hold by-elections to fill 10 vacancies in the country’s parliament caused by resignations and the recent deaths of two MPs from COVID-19...

Minister of State for Media Affairs and Government Spokesperson Ali Al Ayed on Saturday announced the suspension of reopening more sectors due to the increase in COVID-19 infections and rising percentage of positive tests...

The best friend of Dubai's missing Princess Latifa today makes a personal plea to the Queen to intervene...

A missile attack hit a military base in Iraq, authorities said on Saturday. According to the Iraqi government-affiliated Security Media Network, no injuries were reported after four missiles struck the Balad Air Base in the Salah al-Din province, no...

At least three people were killed Saturday by security forces during a protest, according to sources and media reports...

At least five civilians were injured in Azaz in northern Syria during a terror attack carried out with a vehicle bomb, according to initial reports Saturday...

Last week, Iranians marked the 42nd anniversary of the Islamic revolution, commemorating a popular revolution led by Ayatollah Ruhollah  Khomeini from exile in France against the regime of Mohammda Reza Shah Pahlavi with the aim of improving peo...

Lebanon has named a new judge to lead a probe into Beirut's devastating port blast last August, according to a judicial source, a day after his predecessor was removed from the case...

The US says it has made no decision yet regarding the withdrawal of its troops from Afghanistan, claiming that ‘violence’ must be reduced in the war-ravaged country, where American forces are present for the past 20 years...

Jordanian journalist and poet Tayseer al-Najjar has died after his health conditions deteriorated as he suffered from effects of torture and mistreatment while serving prison in the United Arab Emirates (UAE)...

The removal of Anwar Gargash, who has long been the face of Emirati foreign policy, is part of a larger push to consolidate power within a tighter circle...

Dozens of Houthis and government troops were killed on Thursday in fierce clashes in Marib with local officials and NGOs warning that the fighting will have a major impact on the humanitarian crisis in Yemen...

Russia on Thursday called a ruling by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on opposition figure Alexei Navalny “illegal” and an intrusion in its internal affairs...

The World Health Organization (WHO) announced Thursday that it will send thousands of doses of an Ebola vaccine to the West African country of Guinea to fight a new outbreak of the disease...

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Tuesday said opposition views should be expressed only under certain conditions that he believes are useful to directly improving citizens’ lives...

Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri is expected to visit the United Arab Emirates after concluding his visit to Qatar, al-Joumhouria daily reported on Thursday...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will hold a special meeting with top security officials on Thursday to discuss the possible US return to the nuclear deal with Iran, according to media reports...

The Lebanese Court of Cassation Thursday issued a decision to remove lead investigator Judge Fadi Sawwan from the Beirut blast probe, a judicial source told The Daily Star...

After years of easy access to the White House, the Saudi Crown Prince gets a taste of being locked out of power...

Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia announced his resignation on Thursday. Gakharia told reporters in the capital Tbilisi that he quit due to differences of opinion with his team on the arrest warrant issued for Nika Melia, the head of the main ...