BAGHDAD: Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi has canceled a visit to Iran, his press office said Sunday, as the premier came under strong Iranian criticism over his stand on renewed US sanctions against Tehran.Abadi

AMMAN: King Abdullah of Jordan said his country would hold all those accountable for undermining the security of the Kingdom and the safety of its citizens after four security officers were killed in a

Thousands of students from Saudi Arabia studying in Canada are being ordered by their government to return home. A Saudi student group issued a press release urging their leaders to keep them out of

The battle for Afghanistan's key city of Ghazni between Taliban fighters and security forces has intensified, with dozens of people reported killed after three days of violence. Politicians from Ghazni who managed to talk to

The Central Bank of Iraq has prohibited all Iraqi banks from conducting business with Iran in US dollars. Iraq shares a 1,500km border with Iran; goods and people cross daily. Iran is Iraq’s second-largest

Eduardo Nodarse and Brayan Martinez Calvo, known respectively as Danyer y El Kometa (D&K), have been making music together for eight years. But reaching stardom is never easy for young struggling artists, especially if

Jordanian search teams pulled the bodies of three attackers from the rubble of their hideout, hours after they opened fire and set off explosions that killed four security force members trying to storm the

BEIRUT: An explosion of unknown origin at a weapons depot in the northwestern Syrian province of Idlib killed at least 12 civilians on Sunday, a war monitor said.An AFP correspondent at the site in

BEIRUT: An explosion at a weapons depot in the northwestern Syrian province of Idlib killed at least 39 civilians on Sunday, a war monitor said.The toll rose after more bodies were retrieved from the rubble

AZAZ, Syria: A “National Army” being set up by Syrian rebels with Turkey’s help could become a long-term obstacle to President Bashar Assad’s recovery of the northwest — if they can end factional rivalries