At least a woman has been killed and 30 other people sustained injuries after an explosion hit an area near the al-Aimmah bridge north of Baghdad, according to Iraqi sources...

King Abdullah, accompanied by HRH Crown Prince Hussein, in Riyadh on Monday, met with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, who is also deputy prime minister and minister of defence of Saudi Arabia, and checked on his health a...

EU chief Ursula von der Leyen has warned that more vaccines will be blocked from export, saying that the move against Australia last week 'was not a one-off'...

Lebanon’s president asked security forces to prevent roadblocks after protesters shut main roads across the country for a seventh straight day on Monday in anger at more than a year of economic crisis and months of political paralysis...

Pope Francis ended his historic tour of Iraq on Monday, departing by plane from Baghdad after visiting conflict-torn cities, meeting Muslim and Christian leaders and preaching peace and coexistence over war...

The US is exploring additional ways it can help Saudi Arabia fend off attacks from outside of its borders, the Biden administration said Monday The announcement comes one day after two oil infrastructure sites were targeted in a series of drone and ...

Senegal’s President Macky Sall called Monday for an end to street protests that erupted following the detention of Ousmane Sonko, an opposition leader...

Jordanian Prime Minister Bisher Al-Khasawneh carried out on Sunday his second cabinet shake-up since taking office in October last year...

 A British-Iranian female national held in an Iranian prison for five years on widely refuted spying charges ended her sentence on Sunday, her lawyer said, although she faces a new trial and cannot yet return home to London...

The visit that Pope Francis paid to Iraq “will leave a great impact on … our country,” said Cardinal Louis Raphael I Sako, head of the Chaldean Catholic Church...

Italian police have arrested a 36-year-old Algerian man on suspicion of belonging to the Daesh terrorist group and aiding the operators of the November 2015 Paris attacks...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is preparing to run in the general elections set for March 23, the country’s fourth round of polls in two years, amid a political stalemate among the main parties in Israel...

Syria president and first lady test positive for COVID-19 - presidency. #Syria’s President #Assad and First Lady both test positive for COVID-19, as per statement from @Presidency_Sy https://t...

Japanese Prime Minster Yoshihide Suga is set to be the first world leader to visit the White House under President Joe Biden's administration, according to a new report...

Donald Trump has returned to his native New York City for the first time since leaving the White House...

Parts of the United States have declared an end to pandemic restrictions even though the daily death toll remains near the peak seen last spring...

Saudi Arabia has confirmed that a drone attack targeted a petroleum tank farm at Ras Tanura port and a ballistic missile targeted Saudi Aramco’s facilities in the city of Dhahran...

As Pope Francis concludes his historic visit to Iraq, the country is undergoing a process of healing and recovery, gradually rebuilding its magnificent history, and creating a new narrative for its social fabric...

The US government has said “no decisions” have been made regarding the withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan by a May 1 deadline it has negotiated with the Taliban, adding “all options are on the table...

The UN's top humanitarian affairs official today launched a furious attack on the UK's decision to slash aid to Yemen...