BEIRUT: Russian air strikes killed two people in Syria’s Idlib Friday, a monitor said, as President Vladimir Putin was in Tehran for a summit on the fate of the last major rebel bastion.Putin, who

GENEVA: The United Nations Special Envoy for Yemen Martin Griffiths has discussed issues including prisoners, humanitarian access and the reopening of Sanaa airport with Yemen’s Foreign Minister Khaled Al-Yamani, a UN spokeswoman said on

BASRA: Iraqi religious leader Ayatollah Ali Sistani has called for a political shake-up in Baghdad and a halt to violence against demonstrators on Friday, after days of deadly protests tore through the main city

George Papadopoulos, a former adviser to Donald Trump's election campaign whose contacts with Russians set off the probe into possible collusion with Moscow, has been jailed for lying to the FBI. US District Judge Randolph

Myanmar has "resolutely" rejected a ruling from the International Criminal Court (ICC) which said that the body had jurisdiction over alleged deportations of Rohingya to Bangladesh as a possible crime against humanity. Through an

Ten days of street battles by rival armed groups for control of Tripoli forced many from their homes and forced some shelters to order the migrants living there to leave. Now hundreds of them

The leading candidate in Brazil's presidential race has been transferred to the Albert Einstein Israelite hospital in Sao Paulo for further treatment after being stabbed at a campaign rally, according to local media. Jair Bolsonaro,

Antakya, Turkey - For Ahmad, a father of two in Idlib, the last rebel stronghold in Syria, there is not much he can do to protect his young family. Like many others across the northwestern

JERICHO: A senior Palestinian official hit back at Donald Trump on Friday after the US president said he would withhold aid to the Palestinians until they returned to peace negotiations.Chief negotiator Saeb Erekat accused

BASRA: Hundreds of protesters stormed and set on fire the Iranian consulate in Iraq's southern city of Basra on Friday, an AFP photographer said, as they vented their anger over poor public services.Thousands of demonstrators