A mass food poisoning at a camp for displaced Iraqi civilians outside Mosul has left at least two dead and hundreds requiring urgent

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan denounced the isolation of Qatar by neighbouring states as a violation of Islamic values and

Islamist militants holding parts of a Philippine city are killing civilians who try to flee while using others as orderlies and cooks,

Qatar yesterday announced it had launched direct shipping services to ports in Oman, a move that bypasses a Gulf

Qatar said Monday it had begun shipping cargo through Oman to bypass Gulf countries that have cut off sea routes to the tiny, energy-rich nation, the latest move by Doha to show it can survive a diplomatic dispute with its neighbors.

US-backed Syrian fighters yesterday seized a second district of Raqa and launched a renewed assault on a base north of the city, as they pursued an offensive against the Islamic State group.

Qatar yesterday moved to avoid an escalation of its feud with Gulf neighbours by telling their citizens they are welcome to stay, while boasting of "business as usual" for vital gas exports.

At least ten migrants have died after their Europe-bound boats sank off Libya's coast and some 100 people are missing, coastguard officials and aid groups said Saturday.

Iran has arrested almost 50 people in connection with twin attacks on Tehran that killed 17 people last week, officials said, as security

Iran yesterday voiced its opposition to an announcement by Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region that it will organise a vote on

Islamic State (IS) threatened attacks in Saudi Arabia after the militant group claimed responsibility for assaults in Tehran that killed at

A woman suicide bomber killed at least 31 people and wounded 35 in a crowded market in the town of Musayab, 80 km (50 miles) south

More than 900 migrants have been rescued off the coast of Libya during the past 48 hours while trying to reach Italy, the Italian

US President Donald Trump has accused Qatar's leadership of bankrolling extremists and demanded a halt to that funding, drawing

A suicide bomber blew himself up in a market in the town of Musayyib, south of Baghdad, yesterday killing at least 20 people, medical

Tehran yesterday hit out at Washington and Riyadh as tens of thousands attended the funerals for those slain in the first attacks in

The Islamist militants holed up in the southern Philippines town of Marawi have been reduced to a "small resistance" after troops crippled

Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region will hold a historic referendum on statehood in September, its presidency said Wednesday, despite

US-backed fighters yesterday battled the Islamic State group as they tried to push further into the jihadists' Syrian bastion Raqa, two

Israel has advanced plans for more than 3,000 homes in West Bank settlements this week, despite US President Donald Trump's call to