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Iran, the Middle East's second largest power by economy and population, is the Shiite Muslim rival of regional Sunni giant ...

Iranian voters will decide the fate of moderate President Hassan Rouhani and his policy of engagement with the West on ...

A US government attorney insisted Monday that President Donald Trump's revised travel ban did not unfairly target Muslims, in the ...

The Syrian government has been accused of carrying out mass killings of thousands of prisoners by the US government - ...

A US government attorney insisted Monday that President Donald Trump's revised travel ban did not unfairly target Muslims, as a ...

The United States on Monday accused the Syrian regime of installing a prison crematorium to destroy the remains of thousands ...

A cholera outbreak in war-torn Yemen has killed 184 people in recent weeks with another 11,000 suspected cases across the ...

Saudi King Salman on Monday expressed hope a "historic" summit to be held Sunday between Arab and Muslim nations and ...

Tehran mayor Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf withdrew from Iran's presidential race Monday, paving the way for a head-to-head battle between President ...

Conservative Tehran mayor Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf withdrew from Iran's presidential race on Monday, just days before the election, state media ...

Syria's regime is close to cementing its control over the entire capital under local deals with rebels after a six-year ...

India was to appeal to the UN's top court on Monday to order Pakistan to suspend its planned execution of ...

After a series of bruising electoral defeats, Iranian conservatives campaigning in this week's presidential poll have belatedly embraced social media ...

A new round of Syrian peace talks opens in Geneva on Tuesday, overshadowed by a competing process in Astana and ...

A 5.7 magnitude earthquake near Iran's border with Turkmenistan killed two people, injured hundreds and caused widespread damage, state media ...

The investment gold rush that was supposed to follow Iran's nuclear deal with world powers and revitalise the economy has ...

The 20,000 chanting fans might have come to support Iran's President Hassan Rouhani on Saturday but it was clear their ...

Iran's six presidential candidates exchanged barbs in their final debate on Friday, accusing each other of corruption and economic mismanagement ...

In a working-class district of Tehran teeming with porters, motorbikes and pickup trucks, residents have little enthusiasm about next week's ...

The UN's top court will hold an emergency hearing on Monday as India seeks to stop Pakistan from executing an ...