Flash floods triggered by heavy rain in northeastern Iran have left at least 11 people dead and two missing, the Red

Iraq's Kurds are sticking to a plan to hold an independence referendum on Sept 25, despite a US request to postpone

Israel warned Gaza's Hamas rulers yesterday not to try to foil its construction of a border wall designed to stop tunnels

A 10-year-old Afghan refugee dubbed "Little Picasso" exhibited his paintings and photographs in Belgrade on

Four boys and two girls have been arrested in Iran for teaching "Western" dance moves including Zumba, a Colombian

Qatar, isolated by its neighbours in a diplomatic crisis, yesterday introduced a visa-free entry programme for 80

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani appointed two female vice presidents yesterday but continued to take flak from

Qatar announces a programme to allow visa-free entry for citizens of 80 countries to encourage air transport and tourism amid a two-month boycott imposed on the Gulf state by its neighbors.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani yesterday put forward a new cabinet line-up that was immediately criticised by reformists for its lack of

At least four soldiers were killed and eight injured when one of their colleagues opened fire on a military air base in southern Tehran

Police in Dubai reopen the streets around one of the world’s tallest residential skyscrapers after firefighters put out a blaze that erupted in the high-rise, forcing residents to evacuate in the middle of the night and sending chunks of debris plummeting below.

Iran yesterday said that new US sanctions were a violation of its nuclear deal with world powers, piling pressure on President Hassan

A ceasefire between government forces and rebels went into effect in part of central Syria yesterday after Russia struck a deal with the

Attacks on the Iraqi embassy and a Shia mosque in Afghanistan have reinforced fears that Islamic State militants are seeking to bring

Israeli police grilled Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's wife for two hours on Wednesday on suspicion that she diverted public money

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had to step in yesterday to prevent tensions with Jordan spiralling into a brawl between two

Thousands of Shia protesters chanted slogans against the Islamic State group yesterday as they carried the coffins of victims of a

The main grouping of the world's Muslim nations on Tuesday accused Israel of staging provocative actions and inflaming tensions with

A total of 2,531 Afghan security forces were killed and 4,238 wounded in the first four months of the year, according to figures released

The bodies of eight migrants have been found at sea off the coast of Libya by rescuers coming to the aid of four rubber dinghies, the