An EgyptAir plane flying from Paris to Cairo with 56 passengers and 10 crew on board has disappeared from radars, the airline has tweeted.
The Airbus A320 was flying at 37,000 feet (11,300 meters) when it went missing over the eastern Mediterranean, (...)
Greek labor unions are set to take a three-day general industrial action to vent their anger at a new round of austerity measures demanded by international lenders under the cash-strapped country's third bailout package.
The work stoppage is (...)
At least eight people have been killed in a car bomb explosion at an army checkpoint to the south of the Syrian capital of Damascus.
The Lebanon-based al-Mayadeen television channel said that the car bomb went off near the military checkpoint in the (...)
The Syrian army forces have wrested control of a military airport near the capital, Damascus, marking the latest in a string of victories over the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group.
The recapture of the strategic al-Sin air base took place late on (...)
Iranian Defense Minister Hossein Dehqan plans to visit Russia to discuss further military cooperation between the two countries and attend a security conference, the Iranian Embassy in Moscow says.
"The Iranian minister will have a meeting with (...)
Iraqi security forces affiliated with the Nineveh liberation operation killed 17 militants, including 5 bombers, who were trying to advance into the frontline of the battle in southern Mosul, Iraq's al-Sumaria News reported on Sunday.
The army (...)
Obama and the first family landed in the capital, Buenos Aires, on Wednesday morning amid heightened security a day after the terrorist bombings in Brussels.
The US president is scheduled to meet with Argentinean President Mauricio Macri in the (...)
Israeli security officials have banned the manager of the al-Aqsa Mosque compound from entering the site for six months.
Najih Bakirat has been barred from the location of the compound, known to Jews as the Temple Mount, which lies in the (...)
Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has emphasized the need for the participation of Iran and Russia in any peace process aimed at putting an end to the deadly crisis in Syria.
"I think now where we are, because of everything that has happened, (...)
The Palestinian government has slammed the Israeli regime's new restrictions on the entry of Palestinian worshipers into al-Aqsa Mosque compound in the Israeli-occupied Old City of al-Quds (Jerusalem) for two days.
"The Palestinian government (...)
Russia says its airstrikes on positions of the Daesh Takfiri terrorists in Syria have forced about 600 militants to leave and head to Europe.
Colonel General Andrei Kartapolov, a senior Russian General Staff official, made the remarks in a statement (...)
A Palestinian child has sustained critical gunshot wounds after an Israeli settler opened fire on him in the northwestern part of the occupied West Bank.
The six-year-old Palestinian kid, identified as Yousef Bayan al-Tabib, was standing on the side (...)
Iranian lawmakers have passed a single-urgency motion that allows the administration to voluntarily implement the July 14 nuclear agreement under certain conditions.
According to the motion, signed by 75 lawmakers, the Iranian administration has to (...)
Israeli forces have stormed several neighborhoods across the northern city of Nablus in the occupied West Bank and abducted seven people in fresh acts of violence against Palestinians.
The detentions came after heavily-armed Israeli soldiers raided (...)
Head of Iran's Civil Aviation Organization (CAO) says no request has been made yet for purchase of Russian-made Sukhoi Superjet 100 aircraft.
The remarks by Ali Abedzadeh on Saturday came after a Russian news agency said Iran had signed contracts (...)
Afghan government forces have killed the Taliban's shadow governor for the country's northeastern province of Badakhshan during a clean-up operation against members of the militant outfit.
Spokesman for the Afghan Interior Ministry, Sediq Sediqi, (...)
A new poll conducted by a Cairo-based center has found that the majority of Egyptian people view Israel as the most hostile regime.
The poll, conducted by the Center for Public Opinion Research, placed Israel in the first place in the category of (...)
Iran is targeting purchases of 500 new commercial aircraft by 2025, some of which will enter the country before 2016, Minister of Roads and Urban Development Abbas Akhoundi says.
"Negotiations with the world's first class companies for purchase of (...)
Israeli settlers have once again attacked Palestinian properties across the occupied West Bank, attempting to set houses on fire.
The attacks took place on Thursday night when settlers, backed by Israeli forces, stormed towns and villages across the (...)
A United Arab Emirates officer has succumbed to his injuries sustained in Yemen's central province of Ma'rib.
The Yemeni officer died along with several Saudi troops during clashes with Yemeni fighters, al-Masirah reported on Monday.
Over 70 people, (...)
The Palestinian Authority (PA)'s Premier Rami Hamdallah is denied entry into the al-Aqsa Mosque compound upon an order by the Israeli prime minister.
Israeli forces on Friday prevented a convoy consisting of the Palestinian official, the head of the (...)
The Spanish foreign minister says the agreement clinched between Iran and the P5+1 over the Islamic Republic's nuclear program has laid the groundwork for closer international cooperation.
On July 14, Iran and the P5+1 countries – the United States, (...)
A senior Iranian nuclear negotiator says Iran and the P5+1 group have started drafting the text of mechanisms related to the removal of sanctions imposed on Tehran over its peaceful nuclear program.
Speaking to Press TV following meetings with (...)