Middle East Archive

Polls have closed in Kurdish parliamentary elections that were held a year after the semi-autonomous region's failed bid for independence from Iraq. Sunday's election saw hundreds of candidates vying for

JERUSALEM: Israel is prepared to open its side of the crossing point with Syria following the return of UN peacekeepers to the Golan Heights following a four-year absence,

DUBAI: Dubai International Airport released a statement on Sunday confirming that flights were operating as normal after a news report claiming the Houthi militia had launched a drone

Leader of the Pakistan-administered Kashmir region has accused Indian troops of shooting at his helicopter while it was flying close to the highly militarised Line of Control (LoC), the

Brazil’s outgoing President Michel Temer had promised to lift Latin America's largest economy from a deep recession. Although unemployment rates have fallen, the cuts in social programs have

Former Maldives president Maumoon Abdul Gayoom has been released on bail a week after his estranged half-brother Abdulla Yameen was defeated in a presidential election. Gayoom, the Indian Ocean island nation's longest-serving leader,

DUBAI: Special courts set up in a drive against financial crime have sentenced three people to death, state television reported on Sunday, as the country faces renewed US

The Gulf crisis has led to exchange of words at the United Nations General Assembly between Qatar and the countries imposing the blockade on the gas-rich nation. Qatar

As a doctor living and working in Gaza all my life, I thought I had seen it all. I felt I knew the limits of what Gaza can

UNITED NATIONS: Syria’s foreign minister on Saturday denounced US, French and Turkish forces operating in his country as “occupying forces” and demanded that they leave immediately.Addressing the UN

Thousands of people have attended funerals in Gaza for the Palestinians killed by Israeli forces on Friday. Seven people, including two young boys, died while protesting along Gaza's

IRBIL/SULAIMANIA, Iraq: Kurds began voting in a parliamentary election in their semi-autonomous region in northern Iraq on Sunday, a year after a failed bid for independence. With opposition

NEW YORK:  The US will pursue “a strategy of isolation,” including sanctions, with its allies if President Bashar Assad holds up a political process aimed at ending Syria’s