Middle East

Ahmad Rahal declines to provide further details of conflict victims, says 32,000 recorded dead in 2018 so far

Pope Francis led a summit of religious leaders demanding peace in the Middle East on Saturday

Uber says that it would need to own more than half of the combined company, if not buy Careem outright

US urged fellow UN Security Council members Wednesday to punish Iran for "malign behavior" in the Middle East

Prince William leaves Britain on Sunday for a tour of Jordan, Israel and the Palestinian territories

Dispute between Qatar and its neighbours potentially transforming what was a stable region of the Arab world

Called March of Return, the protests were launched on March 30 to reclaim family lands lost to Israel in the 1948 war

Iran must be stopped, Its quest for nuclear bombs must be stopped. Its aggression must be stopped

What exactly is the ‘mission’ and what has the US achieved by these air strikes?

Changes in Pakistan’s external environment have pushed it towards seeking a closer alliance with China

The global surge of interest in bitcoin, ethereum and other cryptocurrencies extends into the Gulf and southeast Asia

Dubai-based Careem suspended services in Ramallah last November, four months after launch

Since the beginning of his term in office, President Trump has adopted a hard line on Iran

Country says new disclosures regarding secrecy which surrounds strike necessary due to sensitive security situation

Qatar to channel fund through UNRWA

Swedish NGO reveals country has posted a startling 36% decrease in arms procurement as it reshapes its foreign policy

Middle East accounts for 32 per cent of all arms imports worldwide, according to research

Middle Eastern countries are among the worst in the world for unequal pay between men and women

Show produced by the Palestine Circus School will also tour Europe for nearly two months this spring

Almost all Arab countries have posted budget deficits over the past few years

Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi gave no indication that Tehran would be willing to discuss those issues

Says negative trends could bury the two-state solution of a Palestinian state existing alongside Israel

Chaos pervades in the oil rich country

Poland is among those EU members to have refused to accept quotas for asylum-seekers from North Africa and Middle East

Several countries in the region erupted into conflict following uprisings in 2011

Trump overturned decades of US policy by announcing that Washington recognizes Jerusalem as the capital of Israel

Iranian foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif accused other countries of 'making mistakes, then blaming Iran'

It has fought in Syria and Iraq, trained other groups and inspired other forces such Houthis in Yemen

A European Commission to determine 'fair shares' of asylum-seekers that countries would be expected to take in

Accusing Saudi leadership of fracturing the region, Qatari FM says a pattern is emerging when they create a new crisis

Mohammad bin Salman had described Iran's Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as the 'new Hitler of Middle East'

Both Saudi Arabia and Israel view Iran as threat

"Keeping Hariri with restricted freedom in Riyadh is an attack on Lebanese sovereignty"

Washington can offer Russia a chance to be treated as a world power and on an equal footing with the United States

Former diplomats urge Islamabad to carefully analyse evolving situation to guard interests

Despite greater education opportunities, jobs do not come easy for women in the Middle East

Turnout was 72 per cent, with 3.3 million of 4.58 million registered voters taking part in elections

Iran is busy turning Syria into a base of military entrenchment, says Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu

With poor access to water and poor sanitation, region is suffering annual economic losses of as much as $21 billion

For decades, Pakistan has exported manpower to the region, but that flow has been suddenly interrupted

The 39-year-old nun last year helped bring home 14 trafficking victims

War took 144,000 lives in a part of the world that is home to 600 million people

Kingdom says it reserves the right to respond to anyone who is working on the internationalization of the holy sites

Missile was intercepted 69km south of the holy city, says Arab military coalition

Qatar has emerged as Turkey's number one ally in the Middle East in recent years

Such laws are built around patriarchal attitudes linking a family’s honour to chastity of women

Secrecy surrounding the visit fuels speculations related to Panamagate case against PM

Dubai-based company declined to disclose exact size of the stake

Closure of Al-Jazeera is one of 13 wide-ranging demands Saudi-led alliance placed on Doha

Qatari foreign minister calls Saudi-led alliance's 'measures' 'an act of aggression'