One of the world’s oldest conflicts, a territorial dispute between Armenia and Azerbaijan, has re-erupted with the heaviest clashes in years. At least 23...

For years, passenger jets have darted back and forth between Istanbul and Dubai, the two main hubs connecting airline passengers in the Middle East...

Fewer than 13 million people live in the former Soviet republics of Armenia and Azerbaijan. Yet the war that has broken out between the...

Saudi Arabia will allow pilgrims living inside the country to undertake the Umrah pilgrimage, beginning on October 4, after a seven-month pause due to...

The Turkish President, a close ally of Pakistan, had last year also raised the issue of Kashmir in his address to the high-level General...

Qatar Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani has questioned the credibility of the international community as it “stands by, unable to take any...

A group of Saudi dissidents exiled in countries including the United Kingdom and United States have announced the launch of an opposition party, the...

King Salman spoke to Donald Trump on phone following UAE’s decision to normalise ties with Israel in US-brokered deal. Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz...

Meeting comes after August’s agreement between Israel and the United Arab Emirates to normalise diplomatic relations. Leaders of Lebanon’s Hezbollah movement and the Palestinian...

A Saudi court on Monday overturned five death sentences over journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s murder in a final ruling that jailed eight defendants to between...

BERLIN -- Iran has agreed to allow inspectors in to two sites where the country is suspected of having stored or used undeclared nuclear...

ISTANBUL: Fading domestic support for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan could lead to the self-styled strongman taking aggressive action abroad, according to a new...

Port operating to unload vessels for merchants a day after vigil held to remember victims of devastating explosion. Beirut’s port has resumed partial operations to...

President of war-torn Syria exits parliament hall to ‘sit down for a minute’ before returning to continue speech.Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has halted a...

US Navy condemns Iran’s ‘irresponsible, reckless behaviour’ in war games staged during heightened tensions. Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard fired a missile from a helicopter...

Relations between Ankara and Athens have been uneasy in recent months and tensions have increased over Hagia Sophia. Turkey and Greece have exchanged harsh words...

Judge to give decision in first case relating to failed state fund in decision that could have a major political impact. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia...

Slump in flows reflects dramatically lower European fuel consumption as pandemic decimates demand. Egypt’s Sumed pipeline was designed to pump 2.5 million barrels of...

Iran has executed a former defence ministry employee convicted of spying on behalf of the US’s Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), the country’s judiciary said. Judiciary...

Call comes after Turkish support helped internationally recognised gov’t drive Haftar’s forces from Libya’s northwest. Libya’s eastern-based parliament approved a motion authorising neighbouring Egypt to...