Spanish police were searching Friday for the man who swerved his van onto Barcelona’s iconic Las Ramblas promenade, killing at least 13 people and unleashing...

Mosul is back in the Iraqi government’s hands and the war against Isis seems to finally be approaching its end. This is the good news....

On Thursday, the top U.S. commander in Iraq said for the first time that the American military will help contractors and other officials locate unexploded...

President Donald Trump will brainstorm on Friday with his national security team on a fresh strategy to break the logjam in Afghanistan, where 8,400 U.S...

Iranian authorities have denied the appeal of a Princeton University student who had been convicted on espionage charges and sentenced to 10 years in prison,...

Working capital performance remains a challenge for companies in the Middle East with working capital metrics weakening each quarter from the fourth quarter of 2014,...

Dubai topped the list with the largest number of rooms under construction with 23,816 rooms in 18 hotels, according to Constructionweekonline news report. Saudi Arabia comes...

Syrian actress-turned-activist Fadwa Suleiman, who fled to France after taking part in the 2011 uprising against President Bashar al-Assad, died in Paris overnight of cancer,...

The United Nations hopes for "serious negotiation" between the government and a still-to-be-formed unified Syrian opposition in October or November, the U.N. Special Envoy Staffan...

Turkey and Iran have agreed to boost military cooperation after talks in Ankara this week between the Iranian armed forces chief of staff and Turkish...

The Peace Corps is eliminating more than 20 percent of its workforce, the agency announced to employees earlier this month, in an effort to meet...

Trump’s embattled strategist phones me, unbidden, to opine on China, Korea, and his enemies in the administration....

Archaeologists have discovered three tombs that date back around 2,000 years in southern Egypt....

Islamic State is seeking to radicalize disaffected ethnic minorities in majority Shi'ite Iran to encourage attacks intended to avenge Tehran's offensive against the group across...

Turkey's European Union minister accused Germany on Thursday of harming EU credibility by trying to dictate policy towards Ankara, after Chancellor Angela Merkel said there...

Qatar’s economy will expand this year at the slowest pace since 1995, according to economists surveyed by Bloomberg this month, as the impact of a...

Syria's war has entered a new phase as President Bashar al-Assad extends his grip in areas being captured from Islamic State, using firepower freed by...

For the first time in two years, Tehran has sent Iranian pilgrims to Saudi Arabia for the annual hajj pilgrimage. Although this can be considered...

The story of how we got here can be simply told. The region’s economic boom from the early 2000s on, fueled by high oil prices,...

The exchanges gave credence to suggestions that Saudi Arabia and the UAE may be seeking a reduction of tension with Iran. Yet, they occurred before...

"Getting rid of ISIS is only a question of time. Because the Syrian army has decided to defeat them totally in this area," said al...

What gives rise to this conclusion is a sober-eyed assessment of the political circumstances of the three critical players: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Palestinian...

U.S. drone pilots now routinely launch missiles at what the Pentagon calls “danger-close” distances to proxy ground forces fighting Islamic State in densely populated cities. Hundreds...

Three investor groups are lining up to win a stake in the fast-growing ride-sharing company Uber, after latest estimates that the company’s valuation could exceed...

The government of Kuwait said Monday that it has contained a large oil spill near Al-Zour, and it expects to finish the cleanup of adjacent shorelines within...

United Airlines started a three-flights-per-week service from San Francisco to Tel Aviv last year. It was so popular that the carrier now runs the route...

Palestinians wait for travel permits to cross into Egypt through the Rafah border crossing on August 16, 2017....

Del Ponte, 70, who prosecuted war crimes in Rwanda and former Yugoslavia, announced last week that she was stepping down from her role in frustration...

Iraq's Shi'ite militias announced on Monday they will participate in the next major battle against the Islamic State group after the Iraqi forces' victory in...

The number of suspected cases of cholera resulting from an epidemic in war-torn Yemen has reached 500,000, the World Health Organization (WHO) says....