Middle East
Israeli Experts Find ‘mystery’ Bronze Age Dolmen
Israeli archeologists have unearthed a "rare and mysterious" Bronze Age dolmen in the Galilee hills, the Israel...
Iran’s Ex-President Ahmadinejad Joins Twitter, Despite Ban
Iran's hardline former president Mahmud Ahmadinejad became the latest leader to join Twitter on Sunday, despite having...
Netanyahu To Meet Putin, Says Iran Seeks Permanent Foothold In Syria
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he would meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Thursday to voice...
Atop Palmyra’s Damaged Theatre, Syrian Musicians Sing of Return
Atop the ruins of Syria's famed Palmyra theatre, recently recaptured from the Islamic State group, teenage musician...
Blair Denies Trump Mideast Job Talks Report
Tony Blair has had no discussions about working for US President Donald Trump, his spokesman said Sunday after reports...
Tony Blair Denies Pitch To Be Trump’s Middle East Envoy
Tony Blair has not pitched to become a Middle East envoy for US President Donald Trump, a spokesman has said. The...
Titans of Oil World Meet In Houston After Two-Year Price War
The biggest names in the oil world come together this week for the largest industry gathering since the end of a...
Giant Strides By Rlg At Mobile World Congress 2017
Pan-African Mobile Phone and electronic brand, Rlg Communications Group was among a number of product manufacturers...
Syrian Government Says Agenda Agreed, Seeks United Opposition At Next Geneva Talks
Syria's chief negotiator said on Saturday that the "only thing" achieved at 10-day talks in Geneva was an agreed agenda...
Syrian Talks End, ‘more Positive’ Than Previous Round
More than a week of UN-sponsored peace talks ended in Geneva on Friday, the main opposition group said, calling the...
Rod Stewart Sorry For Video With Mock Beheading
With his raspy voice and sex appeal, Rod Stewart has rarely been considered controversial. But after an unlikely online...
Chemical Weapons Injure Seven In Mosul Area
Seven people, among them five children, have been hospitalised over the past two days near Iraq's Mosul with injuries...
Trapped Syrians Tell of Misery In No Man’s Land
A Jordanian army ambulance pulled up at a makeshift clinic a few hundred metres from a desert border camp where tens of...
Syria Peace Talks Inch Forward Under Diplomatic Pressure
UN-sponsored Syria peace talks limped towards a close on Friday after more than a week in Geneva with little sign of...
Syria Army Retakes Ancient Palmyra From IS
Syrian troops backed by Russian jets completed the recapture of the historic city of Palmyra from the Islamic State...
Under Trump, Arab-Americans Think Twice About Census Visibility
Arab-Americans have long sought to be recognized as a distinct ethnic group by the US census. But with President Donald...
Syria Accuses Main Opposition of Taking Peace Talks ‘hostage’
Syria on Thursday accused the opposition High Negotiations Committee of taking UN-backed peace talks "hostage" over its...
Iraqi Kurd Forces Halt Pumping Through Key Oil Pipeline
Iraqi Kurdish forces deployed at a state-run oil company Thursday, temporarily halting pumping through a pipeline that...
Syria Army Retakes Ancient Palmyra From ISIS
In another devastating blow to ISIS, Syrian troops backed by Russian jets have finally recaptured Palmyra from jihadis....