A parole committee has decided to grant early release to Israeli ex-prime minister Ehud Olmert, who is serving a 27-month prison sentence for corruption, his lawyer said Thursday
France said on Thursday it saw a chance to break the stalemate in Syria's war as Russia now seemed to accept there could be no military solution and preconditions set by some opponents of President Bashar Assad had been dropped
Qatar is ready to discuss "legitimate issues" with Arab states to end a regional crisis, but it said a list presented by them last week contained some demands that were impossible to be met because they were not true
MOSUL, Iraq: Iraqi government troops on Thursday captured the mosque in Mosul from where Daesh (ISIS) proclaimed its self-styled caliphate three years ago, the Iraqi military said.
The ruler of Dubai has taken to verse to urge Qatar to concede to the demands of Saudi Arabia and its allies for an end to a crippling embargo
A Saudi official on Thursday denied a New York Times report that Prince Mohammed bin Nayef has been confined to his palace and barred from travelling abroad...
The Trump administration on Wednesday set new criteria for visa applicants from six mainly Muslim nations and all refugees that require a "close" family or...
U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Wednesday that the Syrian regime of President Bashar Assad appeared so far to have heeded a warning this week from...
Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot leaders began talks Wednesday aimed at reuniting the island after more than 40 years of division, in what some activists...
A police helicopter fired on Venezuela’s Supreme Court and Interior Ministry in what President Nicolas Maduro said was a thwarted terrorist attack aimed at...
In three years, Lebanese grocer Ali Khiami hired six staff, invested in property and funded his children’s university education. Business is booming – thanks...
With summer in full swing, meteorologists predict temperatures will rise over the coming week, reaching highs between 33 and 34 degrees Celsius in coastal...
Qatar Wednesday condemned Saudi Arabia’s refusal to negotiate the demands of the kingdom and its allies for ending a crippling embargo on the emirate.
More than two years of civil war have led to continually compounding disasters in Yemen.
Daesh leaders used spies to root out suspected enemies in their ranks in the countdown to this month’s U.S.-led attack on their de facto capital Raqqa, the...
Trapped in their homes in Raqqa and running out of supplies, Ahmad Shaabu, his family and their neighbors were increasingly desperate.
Iran is accusing U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson of “a brazen interventionist plan” to change the current government that violates international law and...
At first glance the video looks like a promotion for a luxury offshore development, a Dubai Palm-style project on the Mediterranean.
Hamas has begun work on a buffer zone along Gaza’s border with Egypt, the movement said Wednesday, as part of an effort to assure Cairo that it’s serious...
Iraq’s military pushed deeper into Mosul’s Old City Wednesday, taking two more districts from Daesh (ISIS) and bringing it closer to total control of the city.
Iran said Wednesday it would take “reciprocal action” in response to the U.S. Supreme Court allowing a partial implementation of President Donald Trump’s...
Before she begins her Wednesday morning, Iranian activist Masih Alinejad spends hours sifting through scores of videos and photos sent to her of women in Iran...
German federal police have warned parliamentarians they may have been spied on by Turkish intelligence and may also face potential security risks from Turkish...
Barely five months into office, President Donald Trump keeps taking time out from governing to run for re-election.
Israel forces say they hit Syria army after new stray fire
Israeli troops shot dead an armed Palestinian who posed an "immediate threat" to them Wednesday during an operation to search for weapons in the occupied West...
Three Yemeni soldiers were killed Wednesday when suspected Al-Qaeda militants opened fire on a military zone in the country's Hadramawt province, a military...
Egypt's Cairo airport has started screening passengers arriving from Sudan for signs of cholera because of a reported outbreak there, the head of airport...
Nearly 80 police officers were injured in two days of clashes with protesters in Morocco's restive Rif region, an official said Wednesday, although the number...
A top Qatari human rights group said Wednesday it will employ Swiss lawyers to seek compensation for those impacted by the decision of Gulf countries to cut...
Suspected acute diarrhea has killed 38 Sudanese in the past month and 317 since August 2016, the UN said Wednesday, warning the outbreak could worsen ahead of...
Hamas has begun work on a buffer zone along Gaza's border with Egypt, the Islamic militant group said Wednesday, as part of an effort to assure Cairo that...
US President Donald Trump's warning to the Syrian government not to carry out a chemical weapons attack appears to have worked, Pentagon chief Jim Mattis said...