World / Middle East

Makarim Wibisono   Geneva: The UN expert on the human rights situation in the occupied Palestinian territories resigned Monday, complaining that Israel had never...

  WASHINGTON: The White House on Monday urged Saudi Arabia and Iran to show restraint in the crisis spurred by the execution of a...

  Cairo: The Arab League announced that an extraordinary meeting of the Arab League Council at the level of the Arab foreign ministers will...

  BEIRUT: A U.S.-backed alliance of Syrian Kurdish and Arab fighters advanced against Islamic State in the northern Syrian province of Raqqa on Monday,...

  By John Davison and Suleiman Al-Khalidi BEIRUT: Hezbollah set off a bomb targeting Israeli forces at the Lebanese border on Monday in an...

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (L) attends a news conference with Saudi Arabia's then Foreign Minister Saud bin Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al...

  WASHINGTON: The United States expects meetings planned for this month to bring together warring parties in Syria to go forward despite a flare-up...

  Saudi Arabia on Monday put to death a man convicted of murder, following its weekend executions of 47 men including a Shiite cleric...

Ahmed Ben Helli   Cairo: The Arab League will hold emergency talks at the request of Saudi Arabia on Sunday to discuss attacks in...

Smoke rises from shells fired from Israel over al-Wazzani, Lebanon. Photo: Karamallah Daher/Reuters   BEIRUT: Hezbollah said it set off a bomb targeting Israeli...

  By Angus McDowall RIYADH: Saudi Arabia widened its rift with Iran on Monday, saying it would end air traffic and trade links with...

  London: British Prime Minister David Cameron said tensions between Iran and Saudi Arabia were "hugely concerning" Monday and condemned the death penalty following...

Moscow: Russia is ready to serve as an intermediary to resolve the dispute between Saudi Arabia and Iran that saw the kingdom break...

BEIRUT: Lebanese media said Israeli shells hit the town of Al Wazzani near the border in southern Lebanon on Monday, with initial reports...

CAIRO: Sudan has decided to expel the Iranian ambassador in protest at an attack on Saudi Arabia’s embassy in Tehran, Saudi state television...

DUBAI: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) announced on Monday it was downgrading diplomatic ties with Iran and limiting the number of Iranian diplomats...

  Amman: Jordan has released a senior leader of the Muslim Brotherhood after he served an 18-month sentence for criticising the United Arab Emirates,...

Dubai: Bahrain said Monday it is cutting diplomatic ties with Iran, following the suit of its ally Saudi Arabia as tensions escalate over...