Middle East

Three human rights activists freed after a month in prison for ‘joining a terror group’ and ‘spreading false news’.

More than half of 30 million Yemenis risk slipping into ‘worsening levels of hunger’ by mid 2021, UN agencies say.

Health minister says early use authorisation will be granted after Turkish labs confirm the shots are...

Iranian foreign minister calls on Gulf neighbours to engage with Tehran to fight ‘Israeli terrorism’...

No distinction will be made between imports from Israel proper and those from settlements in the occupied West Bank.

With more than 30,000 new daily infections, President Erdogan says he had no choice but to ‘minimise human mobility’.

Media reports suggest drawdown to continue until after anniversary of the killing of Iranian general Qassem Soleimani.

Biden may have sympathies for the Kurdish cause, but as US president, he will not always act in the Kurdish interest.

Israeli blockade on the enclave has ‘robbed people with disabilities in Gaza of their freedom of movement’, HRW says.

Expected deal comes after Jared Kushner arrived in the Gulf as part of a last-ditch effort to resolve the Gulf crisis.

France’s president plans to return to Lebanon for the third time in four months to continue to press for reform.

The Afriqiyah Airlines Airbus 320 was on an internal flight to Tripoli when hijacked in 2016 by supporters of Gaddafi.

UN acting envoy for war-torn country says presence of foreign combatants a ‘shocking violation’ of Libya’s sovereignty.

A look at legislation pushed through with extraordinary speed by hardline Iranian politicians this week.