Gaza: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has tightened his grip on power by stripping the parliamentary immunity of five lawmakers seen as opposing him,...
Gaza: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has tightened his grip on power by stripping the parliamentary immunity of five lawmakers seen as opposing him,...
Israeli tanks fired shells at a Hamas post in the Gaza Strip yesterday after troops were shot at on the border with the...
Beirut: Thousands were evacuated from the last rebel-held enclave of the Aleppo yesterday after a deal was reached to allow people to leave...
ANKARA: The gunman who shot the Russian ambassador to Turkey in an attack at an art gallery on Monday was an off-duty police...
MOSCOW: Security around the Russian embassy in Ankara has been stepped up after the Russian ambassador was shot by a gunman, the RIA...
Istanbul: A gunman who badly wounded Russia's ambassador to Ankara, Andrey Karlov, at an art exhibition Monday shouted out "Aleppo" and "revenge" as...
Jerusalem: The United Nations launched an appeal Monday for $547 million (524 million euros) to help 1.6 million people in the Palestinian territories...
Istanbul: Russia's ambassador to Ankara Andrey Karlov was on Monday badly wounded in a gun attack while visiting an art exhibition opening in...
Jerusalem: Israeli police placed diamond magnate Beny Steinmetz under house arrest on Monday as part of a corruption probe involving dealings in the...
Paris: The French government voiced confidence in IMF head Christine Lagarde after she was found guilty Monday of negligence over a massive payout...
Amman: Jordanian police said Monday they found suicide belts and other explosives in the hideout of suspected Islamic State group jihadists behind an...
NEW DELHI: Five men were sentenced to death by an Indian court on Monday for their role in two deadly bombings in 2013...
BAGHDAD: A prominent Hashd al-Shaabi commander on Sunday acknowledged the difficulties associated with recapturing Mosul from Daesh, saying the operation would take "a...
ANKARA: A trilateral meeting between Turkey, Russia and Iran on Syria will be held on Tuesday in Moscow, a Turkish diplomatic source said...
Quito: A 5.8-magnitude earthquake followed by more than 20 aftershocks rattled Ecuador's Pacific coast before dawn Monday, causing one death and heavy damage...
GAZA CITY, Palestine: More than 3,400 Palestinians have been killed in Syria since the conflict in that country erupted almost six years ago,...
ALEPPO, Syria: Forty-six busses carrying civilians evacuated from war-battered Aleppo arrived in the city’s western countryside on Monday, according to local opposition sources. ...
MOGADISHU, Somalia: African Union soldiers killed 11 civilians in two separate incidents over the weekend, Somalia residents told The Associated Press on Monday....
