The Italian government's crackdown on immigration has not just hurt people seeking refuge in Europe. It has also affected thousands of Italians working for organisations that help migrants and refugees. Al Jazeera's Osama Bin

A new wave of barrel bomb attacks and air strikes has killed at least 10 civilians in northwest Syria. Syrian government and Russian forces launched the attacks on Wednesday. The UN says more than

IRBIL: Regional lawmakers elected Nechirvan Barzani as president of the semi-autonomous Kurdistan Region of Iraq, a spokesman for the regional parliament told Reuters on Tuesday.Barzani, who had been serving as regional prime minister, won

KHARTOUM: Sudan’s protest leaders have launched a two-day general strike to press the ruling military to hand over power to a civilian-led authority.Wajdi Saleh, a negotiator for the protesters, says they resorted to holding

Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan will attend the 14th summit of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in the Saudi city of Mecca, its foreign minister has said. "The OIC session is very important

The Syrian government offensive is reaching deeper into Idlib and Hama. Forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad are intensifying military efforts to take Syria's last major rebel stronghold. The violence is forcing hundreds of

BAGHDAD: Iraq offered to mediate in the crisis between its two key allies, the United States and Iran, amid escalating Middle East tensions and as Tehran’s nuclear deal with world powers steadily unravels.Iraqi foreign

CAIRO: Qatar has been invited by Saudi Arabia to attend two emergency Arab summits being convened in the Saudi city of Makkah on May 30, Qatar’s foreign ministry said on Sunday, after previously saying

The leader of Romania's ruling left-wing Social Democrat Party (PSD), Liviu Dragnea, has been sentenced to three and half years in prison by the country's supreme court, upholding a conviction and jail term for official

French police have arrested three people over an explosion in the heart of the southeastern city of Lyon last week which injured 13 people, authorities said. The suspected bomber, a 24-year-old Algerian citizen, was