Britain's parliament has voted in favour of delaying the UK's departure from the European Union by three months, pending approval of Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit deal within a week. MPs in the House

The Israeli army has said at least two rockets were fired towards Israel, triggering rocket sirens in the Tel Aviv area on Thursday. The Israeli military said its Iron Dome missile defence system intercepted

New Algerian Prime Minister Noureddine Bedoui has said he will set up a technocratic interim government days after longtime President Abdelaziz Bouteflika opted out of the presidential race in the face of mass protests. Bedoui, who was

BRUSSELS: The United Nations will seek billions of dollars in additional aid for Syria on Thursday, seeking to overcome fatigue among donors after eight years of civil war and divisions over how to deal

BRUSSELS: International donors pledged nearly $7 billion aid for 2019 for civilians caught up in Syria's bloody civil war, the EU said Thursday, but the total fell short of what the UN says is needed.EU

BRUSSELS: The UN agency that supports Palestinian refugees said on Thursday it needed $1.2 billion in funding for 2019 as it faced its first full year without US support.Pierre Kraehenbuehl, who heads the UN

Qatari broadcaster beIN Sports has said it will take legal action against the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), accusing the governing body of breaching a multi-million-dollar rights deal by streaming its matches in Saudi Arabia

Authorities are investigating an errant raid by the United States forces on an Afghanistan military base in the southern part of the country that killed at least five Afghan troops. The soldiers were killed

Nigerian officials have called off search-and-rescue efforts a day after a building, with a school on the third floor, collapsed in Lagos with an unknown number of people inside. On Thursday, National Emergency Management

The Taliban political chief, who headed the group's delegation during the latest round of peace talks with the United States, has said he is optimistic and assured Afghans that they had no reason to