AMMAN: Jordan’s Prime Minister Omar Al-Razzaz appealed on Wednesday to major donors to continue multi-billion dollar funding for Syrian refugees in the kingdom, saying most of those who had fled the eight-year conflict had

LONDON: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday that Tehran and Washington tensions were at “a maximum,” state broadcaster IRIB reported.Rouhani also said that a conference on the Middle East and Iran organized by

CAIRO: Egypt on Wednesday executed nine suspected Muslim Brotherhood members convicted of involvement in the 2015 assassination of the country’s top prosecutor, security officials said. The nine were found guilty of taking part in

Many Kashmiris working and studying in India have been harassed, threatened and assaulted since last week’s suicide bombing against Indian troops in Indian-administered Kashmir. Many feel that the media has helped stoke the violence

A Turkish prosecutor is seeking life sentences for 16 suspects, including prominent philanthropist and businessman Osman Kavala, for allegedly financing widespread protests in Turkey in 2013 and "attempting to overthrow the government". Kavala, who

Costing nearly $10 million, it will be one of Europe's most expensive train lines once finished and Brussels considers the transport corridor between Lyon in France and Turin in Italy important for Europe. But

A United Nations report says its investigators have identified alleged perpetrators of pervasive rape, killings and torture in South Sudan's civil war - violence they believe was driven by oil revenues. The UN Commission

The United Arab Emirates has eased a ban on the shipping of goods between it and Qatar, enforced under a political and economic boycott of Doha, according to port circulars and an industry source.

DUBAI: The Yemeni government said on Wednesday that it approved a UN plan for redeployment in Hodeidah, Al Arabiya reported. The withdrawal from Hodeidah will be carried out under the supervision of UN monitoring

DUBAI: The Yemeni government said on Wednesday that it approved a UN plan for redeployment in Hodeidah, Al Arabiya reported. The withdrawal from Hodeidah will be carried out under the supervision of UN monitoring