Militants stormed an intelligence agency training centre in Kabul yesterday in an attack claimed by the Islamic State

Iran shut primary schools in the capital and other parts of the country yesterday due to choking levels of air pollution.

At least 11 Afghan police officers were killed yesterday when Taliban fighters assaulted their checkpoints in volatile

Turkey intends to open an embassy in East Jerusalem, President Tayyip Erdogan said yesterday, days after leading

The United Nations Security Council is considering a draft resolution that would insist any decisions on the status of Jerusalem have no legal effect and must be rescinded after US President Donald Trump recognized the city as Israel's capital.

The Israeli air force hit the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip yesterday lightly wounding three people, after Palestinians fired

Saudi-led air strikes on a prison run by rebels in Yemen killed 30 people and wounded 80 yesterday, the rebels' Al-

Qatar signed a multi-billion-dollar deal Sunday to buy 24 Typhoon fighters from Britain, its second major defence

Saudi Arabia yesterday lifted a decades-long ban on cinemas, part of a series of social reforms by the powerful crown

Saudi Arabia announces it will allow movie theaters to open in the conservative kingdom next year, for the first time in more than 35 years, in the latest social push by the country’s young crown prince.

The US decision could provide a lifeline to militants after the setbacks they suffered this year, the de facto leader of the

The leader of Egypt's Coptic Church has cancelled an upcoming meeting with US Vice President Mike Pence, protesting

Iraq's armed forces yesterday held a military parade in Baghdad to celebrate the victory announced by Prime Minister

Thousands of people rallied in central Tel Aviv on Saturday in what organisers called a "March of Shame" in protest at

Saudi-led coalition air strikes on a Yemen rebel training camp northwest of the capital killed at least 26 Huthi fighters,

French and Algerian fighters, some arriving from Syria, have joined the ranks of the Islamic State group in northern

Arab foreign ministers urge the United States to abandon its decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, saying the move would increase violence throughout the region.

Britain's foreign minister arrived in Iran yesterday to press for the release of British-Iranian woman Nazanin Zaghari-

A Saudi-led coalition air strike hit Yemen's rebel-controlled state television station in Sanaa overnight, killing four

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan yesterday described Israel as a "state of occupation" which used "terror"