Middle East

A car bomb exploded outside a bank in Lashkar Gah, capital of the southern Afghan province of Helmand on Thursday,…

Islamic State militants on Wednesday blew up the Grand al-Nuri Mosque of Mosul and its famous leaning minaret, Iraq’s military…

In what many are calling a surprise power-shift, Mohammed bin Salman has been made first in line to succeed the…

Australia said on Tuesday it had suspended air strikes into Syria following the U.S. downing of a Syrian military jet…

Russia on Monday threatened aircraft from the US-led coalition in Syrian-controlled airspace and suspended a hotline intended to avoid collisions…

Hamas played down on Sunday the possibility that the energy crisis in the Gaza Strip would lead to renewed hostilities…

Gaza’s Hamas rulers have said that Israel has begun to cut back already limited electricity supplies — a step that…

Malian security forces have killed five militants involved in an attack at the weekend on a luxury resort popular with…

The US military on Sunday shot down a Syrian Air Force fighter jet that bombed local forces aligned with Americans…

Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz has issued a royal decree that restructures the country’s system for prosecutions, essentially stripping…