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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, grappling with fierce White House disapproval, on Wednesday won the consent of Israel’s president to try…

Investigators have retrieved cockpit voice recordings from one of the “black boxes” of the German jet that crashed in the…

 Brent crude oil shot up nearly 6 percent on Thursday after Saudi Arabia and its Gulf Arab allies began a military operation in Yemen, but…

Wars in Syria and Iraq drove the number of people requesting asylum in industrialised countries to a 22-year high last year, the United Nations said on…

The cockpit voice recorder recovered from the wreckage of the Germanwings plane that crashed killing all 150 people aboard has…

Yemen's Shiite rebels said Wednesday that their forces captured Defence Minister Mahmud al-Subaihi as they advanced towards Aden, the port…

Activists speaking up against abuses in war-torn Libya face reprisals from all sides in the chaotic conflict, and are increasingly…

A primary school head teacher confessed Tuesday to having tricked blindfolded pupils into oral sex during a workshop on experiencing…

A Chinese restaurant in the Kenyan capital Nairobi has been shut down and its owners summoned by authorities after it…

Insurgent groups fighting the Syrian government have seized control of a southern town near the border with Jordan after four…