Tens of thousands of Iranians spent a second night in the open after a 7.3-magnitude quake struck near the border with Iraq, killing

Air strikes on a market killed at least 21 civilians, including children, in a town in northern Syria yesterday despite a

Young and old, desk clerks and activists, Yemenis from all walks of life took to the streets yesterday to protest a

Nizar Abdullah spent the night sifting through the ruins of the two-storey house next door in the mountainous town

More than 400 people have been killed in Iran when a magnitude 7.3 earthquake jolted the country, state media says, and rescuers have been searching for dozens trapped under rubble in the mountainous area. At least six have died in Iraq as well.

An Iraqi army helicopter crashed yesterdeay south of Baghdad during a training exercise killing all three crew members

Gulf kingdom Bahrain has accused Iran of being behind a pipeline fire that temporarily halted oil supplies from Saudi

Desperately needed humanitarian assistance entered a rebel-held town near Syria's capital yesterday, the Red Cross

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday warned Palestinian militants against carrying out attacks in

Bahraini Shia opposition leader Sheikh Ali Salman will face trial later this month for "spying" for Qatar, the state

Participants in Beirut's annual marathon usually run to support medical research or human rights. But this year,

An Indonesian museum that allowed visitors to take selfies with a life-size wax sculpture of Hitler against a backdrop

Iraqi forces yesterday launched an offensive to retake the last pocket of territory in the country still held by the

The Israeli army said it had shot down a Russian-made Syrian drone carrying out a reconnaissance mission over the

Hezbollah's leader says that Saudi Arabia had declared war on Lebanon and his Iran-backed group, accusing Riyadh of detaining Saad al-Hariri and forcing him to resign as Lebanon's prime minister to destabilise the country.

Islamic State group fighters conducted a blistering counter-attack on Albu Kamal in eastern Syria yesterday in a desperate bid to cling to

Lebanon's Saad Hariri, who resigned as prime minister at the weekend, is "free to move around", French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le

Saudi Arabia's attorney-general says that 208 people have been called in for questioning in a sweeping anti-corruption investigation, and seven of them have been released without charge.

Saudi Arabia's crackdown on corruption has spread beyond its borders as regulators in the United Arab Emirates ask UAE banks for

Lebanon believes Saad al-Hariri, who resigned as prime minister on Saturday while in Saudi Arabia, is being held by Riyadh, and Beirut