The union of Egyptian flight attendants has angrily responded to criticism by a lawmaker of the weight and age of some female attendants employed by the national carrier, saying her comments amounted to discrimination
Iraq has invited companies to submit statements of interest in building a new pipeline from the northern city of Kirkuk to Turkey's Mediterranean port of Ceyhan
Turkey has sacked 2,756 more people from its public service sector for alleged links to terror groups as it presses ahead with purges launched following last year's failed military coup
Vice President Mike Pence has told Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on a secret visit to Afghanistan that the U.S. is "here to see this through" as they discussed a newly announced U.S. strategy to break the stalemate in America's longest war
Myanmar's Rohingya describe ruthless army massacre that offers evidence Myanmar forces have systematically killed civilians
IMF says Egypt's economic reforms on track, paving the way for the transfer of another $2 billion loan disbursement
Saudi Arabia doles out welfare payments to low, middle-income families, approximately half the kingdom's population
A Kurdish lawmaker says two influential parties have withdrawn from the self-ruled Kurdish regional government amid street protests over delayed salaries, poor services and rampant corruption
The U.N. has called for calm and restraint in Iraq's self-ruled Kurdish region after security forces killed and wounded number of demonstrators
Sri Lanka's plantation minister has denied that the country's agricultural products, including its famous Ceylon tea, are dangerous, days after Russia imposed a temporary ban on such goods
