An Emirati man suspected of ties to a Syria-based militant group has gone on trial in the United Arab Emirates on charges of trying to kill an American and planning attacks ...

Dubai-based ports operator DP World said Monday it had won a concession to manage a port at Berbera in the breakaway republic of Somaliland for 30 years, in an investment of up to $442 million.

Yellow-and-blue fighter jets sit neatly lined up on the tarmac at the air force academy in Libya’s Misrata, no longer awaiting students but orders for strikes against the Islamic State group.

Bombings claimed by the Islamic State group killed dozens in mainly government-controlled areas of Syria yesterday, as Washington and Moscow failed to agree a deal to stem the violence.

A general view shows rock formations in the al-Hoota natural cave after it re-opened to the public for the first time in three years near the ancient city of Jizwa in Oman’s northern Dakhiliya region yesterday.

A group of 50 Kurdish activists, including MPs, on Monday began a hunger strike to protest the lack of news about the welfare of jailed Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan.

Israeli supporters of US Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump have opened a campaign office in the occupied West Bank, saying they hope to get as many American expatriates as possible to cast an absentee ballot for their candidate.

At least 26 fighters were killed in clashes on Monday between pro-government troops and rebels over control of an oil-rich region east of the Yemeni capital, military sources said.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Monday he proposed, to the US and Russia, the setting up of a no-fly zone in northern Syria, after Ankara-backed fighters pushed the Islamic State group from the border area.

A string of bombings claimed by the Islamic State group killed dozens across Syria on Monday, as Washington and Moscow failed to agree on a deal to stem the country's violence.

The Syrian army and its allies aim to strike insurgents to the south and west of Aleppo after encircling the rebel-held half of the city, blocking rebels from sending reinforcements from their stronghold in Idlib, a Syrian military source said on Monday.

A Bahraini court will next month announce its verdict in the trial of prominent activist Nabeel Rajab whose detention has been condemned by rights groups, a judicial source said Monday.