Syria will hold its presidential election on May 26, the country's parliament said on Sunday, a vote which is expected to return President Bashar al Assad for a third...

A magnitude 5.9 earthquake on Sunday struck Iran's southern province of Bushehr, where a nuclear power plant is located, but there were no immediate reports of major damage, Reuters reported....

Rasha Kairout could be stripped of her residence permit and asylum status after Denmark deemed Damascus and surrounding areas safe for the return of refugees, Anadolu Agency reports. Kairout took refuge...

Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said on Sunday that the 2nd filling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) would be conducted in July and August, Anadolu Agency reported. Ethiopia broke...

The announcement came after the Israeli, Emirati, Greek and Cypriot foreign ministers met to discuss a new strategic partnership in defence, economics and energy

Senior Saudi and Iranian officials have held direct talks in a bid to repair their relations, four years after they cut off diplomatic ties, the Financial Times reported on...

At least two people, including a top national army commander, were killed when a roadside bomb targeted a military vehicle outside Bal'ad, Middle Shabelle region, an official said on...

There are no scheduled meetings between Pakistani and Indian foreign ministers during their visits to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), officials from both countries confirmed on Saturday, Anadolu Agency reported. Pakistan's...

The Turkish Coast Guard Command announced on Saturday that it rescued 41 asylum seekers in the Aegean Sea who were pushed back into Turkish territorial waters with one set...

Iran has started the process of enriching uranium to 60% fissile purity at an above-ground nuclear plant at Natanz, the UN nuclear watchdog said on Saturday, confirming earlier statements...

Iran criticized the US on Friday for imposing new sanctions on Russia, describing the move as a "false step", Anadolu Agency reports. Tehran firmly rejects fresh sanctions on Moscow...

The Bashar Al-Assad regime used nearly 82,000 barrel bombs in nine years of attacks on civilian settlements under the control of the opposition in different parts of Syria, a...

Unidentified gunmen detonated explosive devices today at an oil well in Kirkuk province in northern Iraq, according to a local police officer, Anadolu Agency reports. The officer told Anadolu...

Palestine today called on the international community and signatories of the Geneva Conventions to assume their responsibilities towards protecting Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons, Anadolu Agency reports. This came in...

Libya's High Council of State on Saturday welcomed UN Security Council Resolution 2570, which calls for timely presidential and parliamentary elections in Libya scheduled for December 24 this year,...

The Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas has called on the Palestinian people to march towards Al-Aqsa Mosque and stay in its squares during the blessed month of Ramadan, protect it...

The Iraqi Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) has invited 75 states and bodies to monitor the country's snap elections slated for 10 October, Anadolu Agency reported on Friday. According...

An Iraqi court in Nineveh on Friday confiscated $1.6 million and gold bars from Daesh, Anadolu Agency reported. "$1.6 million, gold and silver coins and gold bars were found...

Israeli occupation authorities have prevented thousands of Palestinian worshippers from the occupied West Bank from entering Al-Aqsa Mosque on the first Friday of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan,...

The Israeli army has revealed a plan including simultaneous attacks on hundreds of targets in Gaza based on a prepared bank of targets, Al-Quds Al-Arabi reported on Friday. According...

Kuwait is set to implement value-added and excise taxes amid popular opposition due to the cash crisis resulting from COVID-19 and the instability of oil prices, The New Khalij...

Algerian Ambassador to Ankara Murad Ajabi has called on Turkish businesspeople to invest in his country, promising that it could bring about distinctive commercial potential to both countries. In...

Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi has sparked controversy on social media platforms after he appeared in photos painting the Iraqi flag upside down on kids' faces at an Iftar...

The Tunisian National Office for Civil Protection (ONPC) on Friday recovered the bodies of 21 immigrants whose boat sank off the coast of Sfax while trying to illegally cross...

Ethiopian Foreign Minister Demeke Mekonnen expressed his country's categorical rejection of any attempts to force Addis Ababa to accept a "colonial agreement" with Egypt and Sudan regarding the Renaissance...

A senior Iranian official has admitted that Israel stole the archive of his country's nuclear programme in an alleged Mossad operation carried out in 2018, Israeli newspaper The Jerusalem...

Turkey's Presidential Spokesperson Ibrahim Kalin on Friday condemned the latest Israeli attack on the Gaza Strip, Anadolu Agency reported. "We strongly condemn Israel's airstrike on Gaza during the holy...

The relations between Russia and Turkey are "developing", a Kremlin spokesman said today, Anadolu Agency reports. Suspension of the flights from Russia to Turkey does not mean chilling in the...

One cold night in December 2019, Shatha Hassan, 23, was woken by her brother Mohamed to tell her that the Israeli army had slapped a siege on their home...

Searching an area in northern Iraq under the control of the Iraqi Hashd Al-Shabi (Popular Mobilization) militia, Iraqi authorities have found rocket pads that were used earlier this week...

The US has urged Eritrean forces to leave Ethiopia's Tigray region immediately, and the Ethiopian government to hold those responsible for human rights violations accountable, Anadolu Agency reports. Linda...

The foreign ministers of Israel and the UAE are meeting with their Greek and Cypriot counterparts today, the Times of Israel has reported. The two-day meeting is being held...