A magnitude-6.4 temblor rocked western Iran near its border with Iraq, state media reported on Sunday. The epicenter of the quake was western Kermanshah province, Iran's state television said. There were no immediate reports of causalities or damage. The shake was also...

The death toll from flash floods in northern Iraq has climbed to 18, according to Iraqi Health Ministry on Sunday. In a statement, the ministry said the number of wounded people has reached 180. Meanwhile, local media reported that as many as 300 homes have been badly damaged by...

Egypt and Sudan, which face cross-border threats from militias operating in Libya, agreed Sunday to set up joint military patrols on their border, Sudan's chief of staff said following talks between the countries' defence ministers. Libya, with which Egypt and Sudan have a joint border,...

An Egyptian court Sunday upheld death sentences for nine people convicted of the murder of a top prosecutor in a car bombing three years ago, a judiciary source said. Hisham Barakat was killed in June 2015 when a bomb struck his convoy in Cairo after jihadist calls for attacks on the...