Middle East

When President Donald Trump sent U.S. bombers to strike Iran’s nuclear sites last weekend, he was betting he could help ally Israel cripple Tehran’s nuclear program while ...

There are “about 14” British Typhoon fighter jets currently stationed at the United Kingdom’s Akrotiri base in Cyprus, the country’s parliamentary under-secretary of state for the armed forces Luke ...

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday a ceasefire between Israel and Iran was now in place and asked both countries not to violate it, only hours after Iran ...

By Andrew Mills, Parisa Hafezi and Alexander Cornwell Iran’s military said it carried out a missile attack on the Al Udeid U.S. airbase in Qatar on Monday after ...

Airlines on Monday were weighing how long to suspend Middle East flights as a conflict which has already cut off major flight routes entered a new phase after the U....

Qatar said on Monday that its security situation was stable, after the U.S. Embassy emailed a message to American citizens recommending they shelter in place until further notice. Foreign ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin told Iran’s foreign minister on Monday there was no justification for the U.S. bombing of his country and that Moscow was trying to help ...

Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos on Monday called for de-escalation of what he described as an “unprecedented” conflict in the Middle East. Speaking ahead of the day’s European Union foreign ...

In a bid to defuse the conflict over Iran’s nuclear program, foreign ministers from Europe’s top three powers hurried to meet their Iranian counterpart on Friday in Geneva. ...

The British government was informed ahead of time of the United States’ strikes on nuclear facilities in Iran, but did not receive any request for its bases in Cyprus or ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Sunday night condemned a “heinous” suicide bombing which occurred at the Mar Elias Greek Orthodox church in the Syrian capital of Damascus. “I express my profound ...

Airlines continued to avoid large parts of the Middle East on Sunday after U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear sites, according to flight tracking website FlightRadar24, with traffic already skirting ...

With his unprecedented decision to bomb Iran’s nuclear sites, directly joining Israel’s air attack on its regional arch-foe, U.S. President Donald Trump has done something he had ...

Columbia University graduate Mahmoud Khalil walked out of a Louisiana immigrant detention center on Friday, hours after a judge ordered his release, a major victory for rights groups that challenged ...

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday that Israel’s attacks on Iran right before a new round of nuclear talks with the United States aimed to sabotage the negotiations, ...

Russia has repeatedly told Israel that there is no evidence Iran is aiming to get nuclear weapons, Sky News Arabia on Saturday quoted Russian President Vladimir Putin as saying in ...

U.S. President Donald Trump said that Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard was wrong in suggesting there was no evidence Iran is building a nuclear weapon. Trump contested intelligence ...

The European Union’s diplomatic service said on Friday there were indications that Israel had breached its human rights obligations under the terms of a pact governing its ties with ...

Iran’s fragmented opposition groups think their moment may be close at hand, but activists involved in previous bouts of protest say they are unwilling to unleash mass unrest, even ...

Israel and Iran’s air war entered a second week on Friday and European officials sought to draw Tehran back to the negotiating table after President Donald Trump said any ...

Like thousands of other Palestinians in Gaza, Hind Al-Nawajha takes a dangerous, miles-long journey every day to try to get some food for her family, hoping she makes it back ...

Thousands of people converged on Cyprus on Thursday as the island became a transport hub, both for Israelis attempting to return to the country, and for others attempting to flee ...

Turkey has stepped up security on its border with Iran since the start of Tehran’s conflict with Israel, but has not yet seen any increase in people trying to ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping held a phone call on Thursday during which both leaders condemned Israel for its strikes on Iran and agreed de-escalation was ...