Middle East

An Egyptian court has ordered parliamentary elections halted in most of Egypt's second-largest city after its...

RIYADH: Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah arrived in New York early Tuesday morning...

VIENNA: Iran has been experiencing significant technical problems with equipment in its uranium enrichment drive and...

RIYADH: Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah congratulated Second Deputy Premier and Interior Minister...

The king undertook the trip on the advice of a medical team treating him that suggested...

Saudi Arabia's ailing 86-year-old King Abdullah is to go to the US for treatment for a...

The Palestinian leader, Mahmoud Abbas, has ruled out returning to peace talks with the Israelis unless...

An Iranian military official says the country has successfully tested a new air defense missile system...

KABUL Top US commander in Afghanistan, Gen. David Petraeus, was frustrated by the Afghan president’s blunt...

ARAFAT: Nearly three million pilgrims on Monday stood on Mount Arafat, also known as the Mount...

MAKKAH: The Holy Kaaba in Makkah was given a new kiswa, or covering, on Monday morning,...

MAKKAH: The Women’s Voluntary Committee of the South Asian Tawafa Establishment honored a seven-day-old baby, born...

MINA: The valley of Mina, which otherwise remains deserted throughout the year, came alive Sunday as...

ARAFAT: A fire that hit several fiberglass tents in Arafat at around 11 a.m. on Sunday...

Building on his friendship with Silvio Berlusconi, Libya's leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi has begun flying groups...