Flying into Grozny, the Chechen capital dominated by brand-new skyscrapers and a massive four-towered mosque, it's hard for me not to reflect on the other times I'd travelled here. In the past, I always arrived in

GAZA/SDEROT, Israel: A Palestinian official said on Thursday armed factions in Gaza were prepared to halt a round of rocket attacks on southern Israel if the Israeli military stopped its strikes after two days

BEIRUT: The Syrian army urged people in rebel-held Idlib province to agree to a return of state rule and told them the war was nearing its end in leaflets dropped over the northwestern region

WEST BANK: The Michigan primary victory of Rashida Tlaib, who is expected to become the first Muslim woman and Palestinian-American to serve in the US Congress, triggered an outpouring of joy in her ancestral

A strong earthquake hit Indonesia's Lombok Island on Thursday, causing buildings to collapse and sending already traumatised people rushing out of shelters. The magnitude-6.2 earthquake followed a 6.9-magnitude quake on Sunday that killed at

Russia condemned new US sanctions as "draconian" on Thursday after news of the measures sent the rouble tumbling to two-year lows and sparked a wider asset sell-off. The US State Department said on Wednesday

August 9 marks International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples. On its website, the United Nations notes that the focuses this year will include "the challenges and ways forward to revitalise indigenous peoples' identities

The first round of American sanctions since US President Donald Trump pulled the United States out of the nuclear deal, began this week and are now underway. More sanctions targeting Iran’s oil and gas

At least three Palestinians, including a pregnant woman and her 18-month-old child, were killed by Israeli air attacks and artillery shelling on the besieged Gaza Strip.  Israeli launched more than 140 attacks after about

HERAT, Afghanistan: Migrant workers squeezed into battered taxis pull into the Four Seasons of Freedom hotel in western Afghanistan, part of a wave of Afghans forced to leave Iran after a currency implosion wiped