Iraq's Lake Hamrin, a once-vast reservoir northeast of Baghdad that is the sole source of water for irrigation across Diyala province, has nearly dried out...
The cabinet of bankrupt Lebanon, at its final session on Friday, passed a financial recovery plan needed to secure international aid, but its implementation will...
The US State Department on Friday removed its longstanding official "foreign terrorist organization" label from Israeli, Basque, Egyptian, Palestinian and Japanese extremist groups, but all will remain...
Syrian authorities on Friday rejected plans by Turkey to return one million Syrian refugees to a "safe zone" on the...
Iraq's renowned communist poet Muzaffar al-Nawab, who faced jail time and exile in the 1960s, died Friday in an Emirati hospital...
Amnesty International has urged Yemen's Huthi rebels to free four journalists facing the death penalty for "espionage" in the war-torn country, ahead of an appeal...
Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin was holding talks with Northern Ireland's political leaders on Friday to resolve a stand-off over post-Brexit trade, as Washington warned the UK...
French President Emmanuel Macron is to reshuffle his government on Friday ahead of parliamentary elections next month, which could include changes at the...
Weeks of Israeli raids and clashes with Palestinians have filled residents of the flashpoint Jenin refugee camp with fear and anxiety, and a...
Beijing hit out at Canada for banning telecoms giants Huawei and ZTE from Canadian 5G networks on Friday, calling Ottawa's concerns for security risks "groundless"...