Two high-ranking military officers were among 14 people arrested so far during investigations into an alleged drone attack against President Nicolas Maduro. The arrests of Major-General Alejandro Perez and Colonel Pedro Zambrano from the

US is trying to make Iran ‘surrender’ through sanctions says Iran’s vice president The United States is trying to make Iran surrender through the imposition of sanctions, Iranian vice president Eshaq Jahangiri said on

GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories: Israel reopened its only goods crossing with the Gaza Strip on Wednesday in response to relative calm on the border after months of tensions prompted a blockade on most goods

GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories: Israel reopened its only goods crossing with the Gaza Strip on Wednesday in response to relative calm on the border after months of tensions prompted a blockade on most goods

A large explosion has gone off in front of an educational centre in the west of the Afghan capital, Kabul. A spokesman for Afghanistan's ministry of public health told Al Jazeera at least 25 people

At least 22 children have drowned in Sudan when their boat sank in the Nile while they were on their way to school, according to official media. A woman also died when the vessel went

The Afghan military has made significant gains against the Taliban in Ghazni city. The assault began on Friday and at least 400 people have been killed, a quarter of them civilians. There is still

Since the conflict in Syria began in 2011, the government has been accused of "forcibly disappearing" tens of thousands of people, many of them peaceful protesters who later died or were killed in detention.

About two million people in Yemen are living with some type of disability, and the International Red Cross (IRC) says thousands of people have lost a limb or suffered some other severe injury since

Latest numbers as of August 12, 2018 Confirmed cases: 30 Probable cases: 27 Total cases: 57 Deaths: 41 Source: World Health Organization  Internal conflict is hampering efforts to rein in