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DUBAI (Reuters) - Human Rights Watch on Thursday called on Kuwait to overturn a conviction against a transgender Kuwaiti woman...

By Suleiman Al-Khalidi AMMAN (Reuters) -Iran-backed forces in Syria said on Thursday they would respond forcefully to an Israeli strike...

By Alexander Cornwell DUBAI (Reuters) - An Afghan who fled his country over 40 years ago has stepped in to...

By Ahmed Hagagy KUWAIT (Reuters) - Frontline worker Ahmad al-Enezi, a member of Kuwait's stateless community, has spent the last...

DOHA (Reuters) - Qatar's emir named two women among his new appointments to the Gulf state's advisory Shura Council on...

By Alexander Cornwell DUBAI (Reuters) -The United Arab Emirates and South Korea on Thursday agreed to start negotiations on a...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - More than 3 million refugees from Afghanistan are trying to reach Iran and Pakistan and the displacement...

CAIRO (Reuters) -One Syrian soldier was killed and three others wounded in an Israeli air attack on Syria's Palmyra area...

(Reuters) - The foreign minister of the United Arab Emirates, Abdullah Bin Zayed, said on Wednesday that he would visit...

By Humeyra Pamuk, Matt Spetalnick and Daphne Psaledakis WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday...

By Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States does not intend to support any efforts to normalise ties with...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday he saw potential to work with the United States on...

PARIS (Reuters) - The visit by the European Union coordinator to Iran comes at a critical time in efforts to...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - The United States' involvement in Afghanistan has led to tragedy, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday,...

DUBAI (Reuters) -The Saudi-led coalition fighting the Houthis in Yemen has destroyed two explosive-laden boats used in an attempted attack...

ANKARA (Reuters) -Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Wednesday Turkey would "do what is necessary for its security" after what...

By Crispian Balmer ROME (Reuters) -The Group of 20 major economies is determined to tackle the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan,...

CAIRO (Reuters) -Ten people were injured in two explosives-laden drone attacks at King Abdullah airport in the southern Saudi city...

By Andrew Mills DOHA (Reuters) -Qatar believes that recognising the Taliban government in Afghanistan is not a priority now, and...

DUBAI (Reuters) - Hadi al-Amiri, one of the most powerful pro-Iranian figures in Iraq, has rejected the results of Iraq's...