AMMAN: Russian and Syrian jets resumed intensive strikes in Idlib and Hama on Sunday, residents and rescuers said, as Damascus stepped up its assault on the rebels’ last major stronghold after a Russian-Iranian-Turkish summit

CAIRO: A new image of Hosni Mubarak circulated on social media just weeks after a rare photo emerged that sparked furious speculation about the former Egyptian  president. The latest picture was originally posted on

Dozens of people have reportedly been killed in clashes and air raids around the Yemeni city of Hodeidah following the collapse of United Nations-sponsored peace talks between the internationally recognised government and Houthi rebels. A Saudi-UAE coalition

Mauritania's ruling party has taken the lead in legislative, regional and local elections held earlier this month, the electoral commission said Sunday. "The Union for the Republic is the leading political party according to

On March 30, 2016, members of Libya's UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) sailed into Tripoli in an effort to unite rival factions and bring stability to the war-torn country. In order to establish

Three decades since a reactor at the Chernobyl power plant exploded in one of history's worst nuclear disasters, tourists are flocking to the site in Ukraine, drawn by the chance to see the epicentre

Basra has been rocked by protests with demonstrators setting ablaze government buildings, the Iranian consulate, and the offices of pro-Tehran militias and political parties. Anger flared after the hospitalisation of 30,000 people who drank polluted water. Residents

THE HAGUE: The Hezbollah defendants are still on the run and have never even spoken to their lawyers, but the special UN tribunal into the 2005 assassination of Lebanese ex-prime minister Rafiq Hariri starts

DAMASCUS: Abu Abdo eases himself into the driver’s seat, itching to try out freshly laid train tracks between two suburbs of Syria’s capital, Damascus.“I’ve been waiting for this day for six years,” the 42-year-old

Almost two decades after a massive popular uprising triggered Argentina's record $100bn default of 2001-2002, the country finds itself back in a major economic crisis.  With the peso losing over half of its value