A key player in the Iranian government for years, Javad Zarif announced he’s stepping down as foreign minister. Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif stepped...

King Salman says his country ‘permanently stands by Palestine and its people’s right to an independent state’. Saudi King Salman has said his kingdom is...

Iran’s leaders call out US over Poland meeting as hundreds protest Tehran government on the streets of Warsaw. Warsaw, Poland - Iran’s foreign minister has...

Sudan’s president says protesters are trying to imitate the Arab Spring uprisings of 2011, which shook the region. Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir has said...

Prime Minister Youssef Chahed and supporters split from ruling Nidaa Tounes to form Tahya Tounes or ‘Long live Tunisia’. Political leaders formerly associated with Tunisia’s...

The holiest site in Islam, the Grand Mosque in Saudia Arabia’s sacred city of Mecca, has been bombarded by a swarm of insects, and...

An alleged Canadian member of terror cult ISIS has been captured, according to news reports. Global News is reporting that Mohamed Abdullah Mohamed claimed...

Wednesday’s fighting in Tripoli violated a UN-brokered ceasefire signed four months ago. At least two people have been killed in clashes between rival militias in...

The daughter of the late Iraqi President Saddam Hussein has posted on her Twitter account what she said were the last words her father...

The UN’s food agency has accused Houthi rebels of stealing food “from the mouths” of hungry Yemenis, hours after an investigation by the Associated...

Dubai’s stock market ended 2018 on Monday with a 25-percent annual loss, the worst year since the global financial crisis a decade ago, as...

Turkey may launch a new military operation in northern Syria at any moment, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said, adding US President Donald Trump had...

A United Nations-brokered ceasefire deal has come into effect in the strategic Yemeni city of Hodeidah, but reports say sporadic fighting is still taking...

United Nations’ peacekeepers in Lebanon have said two of the four tunnels allegedly discovered by Israel cross the border between the two countries, violating...

A Turkish appeals court has upheld the “terror propaganda” conviction of a former co-leader and presidential candidate of Turkey’s pro-Kurdish opposition party. Turkey’s state-run Anadolu...

Some 132 million people in 42 countries will need assistance next year, with Yemen topping the list, UN says. Some 132 million people in...

A new magnitude 6.6 quake followed a shallow and powerful tremor earlier on Wednesday that triggered a tsunami alert. A powerful aftershock hit off New...

King Salman presents Saudi policies amid renewed calls from US Congress for condemnation over Khashoggi’s murder. Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz has addressed the...

PARIS: The UN on Tuesday called on countries to step up efforts to integrate the growing numbers of refugee and migrant children worldwide into...

NEW YORK: The UN is still aiming to send invitations to 150 Syrians by mid-December to participate in a committee that would draft a...