Middle East
Kuwait votes as opposition ends boycott
Kuwaitis went to the polls Saturday for the first election in nearly four years contested by the opposition amid fresh disputes over ...More than 40 dead as trains collide in Iran
At least 40 people were killed and 100 injured when one Iranian passenger train collided with another at a station about 150 ...U.N. says nearly 1 million Syrians besieged; U.S. names, shames commanders
The number of besieged Syrians has more than doubled over the past year to nearly one million, the United Nations aid chief ...Turkey withdraws child sex bill after protests
The Turkish government on Tuesday withdrew a controversial bill that could overturn men\'s convictions for child-sex assault, after an angry public backlash ...Fears for Aleppo civilians as Syria regime advances
Syrian government forces advanced quickly inside rebel-held east Aleppo on Monday, as the UN raised the alarm for nearly one million people ...Syrian government refuses UN truce terms for Aleppo
The Syrian government on Sunday refused a U.N. proposal to grant the rebel-held eastern districts of Aleppo autonomy in order to restore ...All hospitals in eastern Aleppo out of action after bombardments: officials
All hospitals in Syria\'s besieged rebel-held eastern Aleppo are out of service after days of heavy air strikes, its health directorate and ...Syria, backed by ally Russia, renews assault on rebels
Syria\'s government and its ally Russia launched Tuesday a wide-ranging assault on rebel strongholds with renewed strikes on the besieged eastern neighbourhoods ...Suicide bombers kill 12 in Iraqi cities of Fallujah, Karbala
Suicide bombers targeted two major cities in Iraq on Monday, striking security forces in the Sunni city of Fallujah and Shiite pilgrims ...5,000 displaced since start of Raqa offensive: SDF
More than 5,000 civilians have fled their homes since the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces launched an offensive on the Islamic State group\'s ...




