Most of the Syrian troops and residents of Ain Terma, just outside the capital Damascus, watching the World Cup's final match were hoping that Croatia would win.
Two protesters were killed in clashes with Iraqi security forces in the town of Samawa on Sunday, a police official said, amid growing unrest in southern cities over poor public services and widespread corruption.
Israel's supreme court on Sunday rejected an appeal against house arrest for an Israeli suspect in a 2015 firebombing that killed a Palestinian toddler and his parents, his lawyers said.
A Syrian activist group and rebels Sunday said jets bombed an opposition held town in Qunaitra province in the first such aerial strike in a year.
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A man who allegedly worked as Osama bin Laden's bodyguard has been detained in Tunisia as part of a terrorism probe after his expulsion from Germany, a...
Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas was in Moscow on Saturday to meet Vladimir Putin, just days after the Russian leader hosted Israeli Prime Minister...
Production at Libya's giant Sharara oil field was expected to fall by at least 160,000 barrels per day (bpd) on Saturday after two staff were abducted in an...
The arrival of a massive power barge off the coast of the town of Jiyyeh south of Beirut sparked consternation among the town’s residents, whose small strip...
Protesters gathered in Downtown Beirut’s Riad al-Solh Square Sunday in condemnation of the government’s failure to provide basic services, also decrying...
At least 1,000 people gathered at the grandiose tomb of the late Spanish dictator Francisco Franco Sunday to protest against Madrid’s plans to move his body,...
Cuba will officially recognize private property, something it has long rejected as a vestige of capitalism, under a new constitution that also creates the...
The Interior Ministry’s elections operations room said Friday there were “no lost expatriate votes” in the parliamentary elections, adding that the ministry...
MP-elect Henri Chedid confirmed Thursday that he was set to become a member of the Future Movement bloc, after confusion over which political bloc he planned...
Saudi Arabia on Saturday intercepted a missile fired from rebel-held territory in neighboring Yemen, where a Riyadh-led coalition is fighting the insurgents,...
A U.N. migration official said Saturday Algeria's government has resumed expelling migrants into the Sahara Desert to die.
Syrian rebels in the southern city of Deraa were surrendering their heavy weapons to government forces Saturday, state media said, under a deal brokered by...
Archaeologists say they have discovered a mummification workshop dating back some 2,500 years at an ancient necropolis near Egypt's famed pyramids.
Iraq placed its security forces on high alert on Saturday, in response to ongoing protests in the country's southern provinces, military intelligence and...
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said Saturday the United States was more isolated than ever over sanctions against Iran, even among its allies, in remarks...
Air traffic resumed at the airport in the Iraqi city of Najaf after protesters withdrew, state television reported late Friday.
The Israeli military carried out its largest daytime airstrike campaign in Gaza since the 2014 war Saturday as Hamas militants fired dozens of rockets into...
An airstrike in an area controlled by Daesh (ISIS) in eastern Syria has killed at least 30 civilians and wounded many others, Syrian state media and an...
Two trials opened in Tunisia Friday over the killings of protesters during the 2011 revolution, part of a process aimed at redressing rights abuses under the...
Algeria’s deadly expulsions of migrants into the Sahara desert have nearly ground to a halt after widespread condemnation and the abrupt firing of two top...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has opened his Cabinet’s first meeting since taking office in a new term with sweeping powers, renewing a promise to...
About 100 protesters demanding jobs and better services from Iraq’s leaders closed access to Umm Qasr commodities port near the southern city of Basra Friday,...
A court in Germany ordered authorities Friday to bring back a former aide to Osama bin Laden – hours after he was deported to his native Tunisia Friday. Sami...
When President Donald Trump meets Russia’s Vladimir Putin Monday, the Syrian conflict will be one of the most immediately pressing issues on a wide-ranging...
Argentina has asked Russia to arrest former Iranian foreign minister Ali Akbar Velayati for extradition in connection with the 1994 bombing of a Jewish center...
A passenger train derailed Friday on a railway track south of Cairo, wounding at least 55 people, Egyptian officials said. The accident took place when three...
Fifteen-year-old Othman Rami Halis died from his wounds in Gaza after being shot by Israeli forces, Gaza’s Health Ministry said in a statement Friday. He had...
Having pulled out of the nuclear deal with Iran, the Trump administration is looking for additional ways of restraining its adversary’s regional ambitions. In...
Twelve Russian intelligence officers hacked into the Democratic National Committee and the Clinton presidential campaign in the run-up to the 2016 election...
Yemen's rebel chief Friday praised Iran and its ally Hezbollah, singling out the group's leader Hassan Nasrallah for his "solidarity."