An Egyptian court has issued a final ruling rejecting a controversial government plan to transfer two uninhabited Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia, prompting cheers in the Cairo courtroom but potentially deepening tensions with the country’s erstwhile financial backer.
US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Sunday it would have been inappropriate to include in a communique from a meeting held in Paris on Israeli-Palestinian peace a mention of plans by the Trump administration to move the US embassy to Jerusalem.
Well-known French newspaper Le Monde has presented Ayatollah Sistani, one of the most important Shiite religious leaders, as a man whose absence will leave a massive void in the crisis-hit Iraq.
Bahrain on Sunday executed three anti-regime activists over their alleged role in a 2014 bomb attack, amid widespread public anger against the death verdicts.
A microphone in the Turkish Parliament has gone missing after an angry fight broke out among members of Parliament during debates on constitutional amendments on January 11.
Iraqi Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari says he has been carrying out certain mediatory measures since last year in order to help the improvement of relations between Iran and Saudi Arabia.
Iraqi Special Forces have pushed forward to reach a second bridge that links eastern Mosul to the city’s west, which is still fully controlled by the ISIS terrorist group, a military statement said on Friday.
Former Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammad al-Sabah al-Salem al-Sabah referred to the decreasing power of Western countries in the Middle East and highlighted the growing influence of such countries as Iran and Russia.
Some Arab media has referred to the recent resignation of Carlos Queiroz, the Portuguese coach of Iran national football team, as his “escape from Iran”. Now, after his return to Iran, what should be said?
Scuffles between Turkish lawmakers from the ruling AK Party and main opposition Republican's People Party (CHP) broke out on Wednesday during a debate at general assembly on constitutional changes.
Posing as attractive young women, the operatives of Palestinian Resistance Group Hamas managed to hack dozens of Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) soldiers' cell phones in an attempt to acquire intelligence on IDF’s presence near the Gaza border.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova expressed her concern over the unpredictability of the Obama administration's actions on Facebook.
An Iranian official announced that an Iranian delegation will be dispatched to Saudi Arabia next month to discuss the possible attendance of Iranian pilgrims in this year’s Hajj pilgrimage.
Security measures in Turkey have been heightened in the wake of Turkish Parliament’s plan to ratify the Constitutional reforms that enhance the authority of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
The London-based Saudi newspaper Al-Hayat has drawn negative reactions after publishing an insulting cartoon about foreign workers in the Arab kingdom.
Media reports of the ‘engagement’ of two Egyptian children, a 7-year-old boy and a 4-year-old girl, have sparked uproar for what could potentially be among the youngest victims of child marriage.
Several people, including at least five Iranians, have lost their lives in a huge blaze in a hotel in central parts of Iraqi holy city of Karbala on Saturday evening.
