Middle East news

Protesters attacked offices of Libya's Muslim Brotherhood on Saturday as demonstrations sparked by a wave of…

Voters in Kuwait are casting their ballots in the second parliamentary election in less than a year. The vote was…

The top US military officer has outlined the costs, risks and benefits of possible American military involvement in…

There’s one place that has watched the past two weeks of violence in Egypt with particular nervousness: Tunisia,…

Two bomb attacks near Sunni mosques in the Iraqi capital Baghdad have killed at least 21 people and wounded dozens…

A top United Arab Emirates court on Tuesday convicted 64 Islamists and acquitted 25 others on charges of plotting…

Qatar's new Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani has unveiled his new cabinet, a day after taking over from his…

Lebanese soldiers fought Sunni Islamist gunmen in the southern city of Sidon for a second day on Monday in one of…

Israeli warplanes have attacked targets in Gaza after missiles were fired into southern Israel on Sunday night. At…

Ahmadinejad’s exit removes most potent rallying cry among U.S. Jews: his vile Holocaust denial. Israel’s…

Sudan’s opposition alliance on Saturday announced a 100-day plan for the peaceful overthrow of the government of…

One of Turkey's big trade union groups is staging a two-day strike to support continuing anti-government protests…

Veteran Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal was re-elected as head of the Islamic terrorist movement after a meeting in…

Egypt's prosecution on Tuesday ordered to detain a key figure of Libya's former regime for 30 days over corruption…

The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reached a deal to form a coalition government, officials say. His…

US Secretary of State John Kerry has expressed confidence that weapons are increasingly ending up in the hands of…

US Secretary of State John Kerry has promised to "empower" Syria's opposition, while warning arch-foe Iran that…

The funeral of a Palestinian who died in Israeli custody on Saturday, fuelling riots, is due to take place in the…

One Egyptian was killed and three others were injured in a bomb attack against a Coptic Orthodox church in Libya's…

Syria's opposition has begun to take aim at government airbases, making less effective government airstrikes that…

At least five people have been killed by a moderately powerful earthquake in eastern Iran, say officials. The 5.5…

The Palestinian leadership on Friday condemned the Israeli government's decision to build new Jewish settlements a…

Tunisia's President Moncef Marzouki has asked the nation's Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali to appoint a new cabinet as…

The UN General Assembly has voted overwhelmingly to recognise Palestine as a non-member observer state - a move…

International charity Save the Children has warned 200,000 Syrian refugee children are at serious risk from…

A suicide bomber targeted worshippers who had gathered at a mosque in north Afghanistan for prayers to mark Eid…

Opposition says it will boycott parliamentary polls and calls for protest march to denounce changes to the election…

Flydubai, Dubai’s innovative low-cost airline, has taken delivery of the first of three Boeing 737-800NG aircraft…

A senior Libyan official has cast doubt on an earlier statement that Moussa Ibrahim, the spokesman for late leader…

Lebanese opposition leader Saad Hariri has called on all citizens to attend a funeral for security chief Wissam…

At least 87 soldiers in the Syrian army have been killed in the day’s fighting -- the heaviest toll since the…

A Sudanese military plane has crashed outside the capital, Khartoum, killing some 13 people, officials say.…

Protesters clashed with riot police in Bahrain after the funeral on Tuesday of a man jailed for taking part in last…

At least 27 people have been killed and dozens wounded by three bomb explosions in the center of Syria's second…

Western embassies in Sudan and Tunisia have been attacked by crowds angry at a video film made in the United States…

Protests in Afghanistan over a film insulting the Muslim Prophet Mohammad have so far been peaceful, the Pentagon…

More than 30 people have been killed in a shooting at a mine in South Africa's North West province, the country's…

Israelis have staged a protest outside the residence of the Minister for Military Affairs Ehud Barak to voice…

Syrian security forces have raided the armed gangs’ command center on the outskirts of the northeastern city of…

Saudi forces have opened fire on demonstrators in Qatif in the country's Eastern province, leaving several…