JEDDAH: The UN called on Russia, Iran and Turkey on Thursday to forestall a battle in Syria’s Idlib province, which could affect millions of civilians and see both militants and the regime potentially using chlorine

VENICE: A shocking new film about Daesh in Iraq warns that the group is far from defeated and may return in an even more ferocious form.Italian documentary makers spent 18 months talking to former

AMMAN: Jordan will host a fundraiser at the United Nations headquarters in New York next month to keep the agency for Palestinian refugees afloat, the Kingdom’s top diplomat said Thursday.Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi said

China has been accused of detaining more than a million Uighur Muslims in what UN human rights experts say resembles "a massive internment camp, shrouded in secrecy, a sort of no-rights zone". The camps

Iran continues to comply with the terms of its nuclear deal with world powers, despite a US withdrawal from the landmark pact, according to the United Nations' atomic watchdog. In a quarterly report distributed

The family of a Palestinian man who was shot dead two years ago while laying wounded on the ground has slammed recent comments made by the Israeli soldier who killed their relative, in which

Geert Wilders, an anti-Islam opposition leader in the Netherlands, has cancelled a competition for cartoons depicting Islam's Prophet Muhammad that sparked protests in Pakistan. The far-right politician, who is known for his incendiary speeches

Montreal, Canada - A Canadian federal court has quashed government permits to expand the Trans Mountain pipeline, a decision that has been welcomed by Indigenous leaders and puts the future of the contentious $5bn project

Syria will ‘go all the way’ in Idlib offensive as UN envoy offers to help civilians leave GENEVA: The UN’s Syria peace envoy offered Thursday to travel to Idlib to help ensure civilians can

Tehran, Iran - A large sign looms over the entrance to Dr Sapir Hospital, Iran's only Jewish medical facility located on a busy street in downtown Tehran. "Love your neighbour as yourself," it reads in