Middle East Headlines

A passenger on board a Myanmar domestic flight was shot in the face Friday when rebels opened fire on the plane as it landed, the country's military junta...

A Moscow-installed official in Kherson, a southern Ukrainian region controlled by Russia, was killed in strikes by Kyiv's forces, Russia's state-run news...

Britain's economy grew in the second quarter but was still below its pre-pandemic peak, contrary to earlier estimates that it had recovered, according to...

In less than two months, Qatar will see an influx of more than a million international football fans as it hosts the FIFA World Cup 2022 - and the world's...

An explosion at a learning center in the Afghan capital Kabul on Friday morning has caused fatalities, the government said."An educational center called...

Britain's Royal Mint on Friday unveiled the official effigy of King Charles III that will appear on coins following his accession to the throne.The effigy...

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Thursday it was still too soon to speculate who might have been behind the Nord Stream pipeline ruptures."In...

Australia will end the mandatory five-day home quarantine for COVID-19 infected people on Oct. 14, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Friday, as the...

The United Nations Security Council will vote Friday on a resolution condemning the referendums on annexing several Russia-occupied regions of Ukraine, the...

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday signed decrees paving the way for the occupied Ukrainian regions of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia to be formally...

The United States called for a "thorough and immediate" investigation into the death of a 7-year-old Palestinian boy on Thursday, deputy State Department...

The US said Thursday that one of its citizens was killed in Iranian strikes on Iraqi Kurdistan as it separately announced fresh enforcement of sanctions on...

US President Joe Biden has struggled in domestic polls since last year but his foreign policy is earning higher marks in much of Europe as he leads efforts...

Russian President Vladimir Putin told Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday in a call that leaks in the Nord Stream pipelines linking Russia to...

More than 40 humanitarian groups on Thursday called for an extension to the ceasefire in war-torn Yemen, calling it a "critical moment" for the...

A bipartisan group of lawmakers sent a letter Thursday to US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, voicing concerns over Algeria's growing ties with Russia...

The US on Thursday imposed sanctions on companies it suspects of involvement in Iran's petrochemical and petroleum trade, including some based in China, as...

Germany's foreign minister said on Thursday she wanted the European Union to impose sanctions on Iran following the death of a young woman in police...

Saudi Arabia is set to invest 142 billion riyals ($38 billion) in gaming companies through state-owned company Savvy Games Group, as part of plans by the...

Russia's president held virtual talks with the heads of intelligence services from former Soviet countries on Thursday, during which he criticized the West...

The demonstrations which have rocked Iran since the murder of young Iranian woman Mahsa Amini suggest some remarkable observations and sum up the reality...

Russia said on Thursday it was studying the possibility of a face-to-face meeting between Russian and US negotiators on a landmark nuclear arms control...

Heirs of a late Southeast Asian sultan on Thursday asked a Dutch court for permission to seize Malaysian assets in the Netherlands, their lawyer said,...

Gas is likely to stop leaking from the damaged Nord Stream 1 Baltic undersea pipeline on Monday, the pipeline's operator told Reuters on Thursday.A...

Amsterdam's Schiphol airport on Thursday said it would continue limiting the daily number of passengers in the coming months as it struggles to find a way...

Two people were lightly injured and 90 others were arrested on Thursday following clashes that erupted at a demonstration near Iran's embassy in Oslo,...

The European Union said Thursday it will next week hold the first meeting of its Association Council with Israel in 10 years, as Brussels looks to reset...

Monster Hurricane Ian brought a "500-year flood event" to Florida, devastating coastal cities, inundating homes and businesses and leaving island...

Unemployment in Saudi Arabia among citizens fell to 9.7 percent in the second quarter of 2022, reflecting a downward trend in joblessness among Saudis.The...

Leading Lebanese politicians said on Thursday they were blindsided by a plan to slash the official exchange rate, with the Iran-backed Hezbollah group...

Moroccan police said Thursday they had arrested a suspected ISIS member, in cooperation with US intelligence officers, who was accused of plotting a...

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a British-Iranian charity worker who was imprisoned in Iran for six years, has filmed herself cutting her hair in protest over...

Queen Elizabeth II died of "old age" at 3:10 pm (1410 GMT) on September 8, according to her death certificate newly released on Thursday by the National...

With the passing of yet another Muslim Brotherhood symbol, Yusuf al-Qaradawi, the movement loses one of its key propagandists. With the absence of most of...

Germany said Thursday it would plough 200 billion euros ($194 billion) into shielding households and businesses from skyrocketing energy costs in the wake...

Dogs can sniff out stress on humans a new study has found, adding another skill to the list of things the intelligent canines are capable of.The study,...

Several people were attempting on Thursday to enter the Iranian embassy in Oslo during a demonstration, Norwegian police said."Considerable resources" were...

Iran on Thursday arrested a reporter who covered the funeral of Mahsa Amini, her lawyer said, the latest of a growing number of journalists to be detained...

Authorities in Montenegro have launched an investigation against an unspecified number of people on charges of espionage, a spokesman for the Special State...

President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on Thursday authorizing the Russian government to ban some Western trucks from transiting across Russian territory...

At least 19 people have died and dozens of others were hospitalized after consuming toxic alcohol from a roadside kiosk in northern Morocco, local media...

Italy will not recognize the results of "illegal" annexation referendums organized by Moscow in the Russian-occupied regions of Ukraine, Prime Minister...

Britain is committed to forming ever closer links with the Indo-Pacific region, including greater economic, security and defense cooperation, foreign...

Thousands of Kuwaitis cast their votes in parliamentary elections on Thursday for the second time in less than two years.367 candidates, including 27 women...

Nearly 400 staff at BBC World Service will lose their jobs as part of a cost-cutting program and move to digital platforms, the broadcaster announced on...

Germany's top energy regulator on Thursday issued an urgent warning to consumers to save more gas regardless of chilly weather as figures showed...

Israeli President Isaac Herzog urged an intensely divided public to keep its cool ahead of the country's parliamentary election, warning that heated...

NATO on Thursday said leaks from the Nord Stream gas pipelines appeared to be sabotage and vowed a "determined response" to any attacks on their critical...

South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol's party sued a local broadcaster Thursday, claiming it had misrepresented comments caught on a hot mic in which he...

Hundreds of people lined up on Thursday outside Windsor Castle, as the landmark royal residence and its historic St George's Chapel, where Queen Elizabeth...