NEAR BAGHOUZ, Syria: US-backed forces evacuated over 40 truckloads of people from Daesh’s last Syria redoubt on Monday, as they sought to clear out civilians before a final push to crush the militants.The Syrian

TEHRAN: Iran President Hassan Rouhani on Monday brushed off attacks against his telecom minister over charges of failing to create a “safe environment” in social media and leaving Iranian data vulnerable to espionage, state

The leader of Britain's main opposition Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn, will tell his MPs to back a call for a second referendum on Brexit, his party has said. Corybn will on Monday evening tell

About 2,000 kilometres away from Qatar, which is hosting yet another round of peace talks between the US government and the Taliban, Afghans in Kabul are watching the negotiations closely. Compelled to suffer for

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has defended his country's widely criticised human rights record and told European nations not to lecture the Arab world. "You are not going to teach us about humanity," said Sisi

Grammy-winning R&B artist R Kelly has pleaded not guilty during an appearance in a Chicago court to charges that he sexually assaulted three teenage girls and a woman. Kelly, who has faced years of

The United Nations' highest court has called on Britain to quickly cede control over a chain of islands in the Indian Ocean, the largest of which houses a strategically important American military base, to

The bays on Malta's main island open to the northeast and act as funnels to the sometimes forceful northeasterly winds. Sunday's were particularly strong. The same storm that had caused record gusts in Croatia

At least 19 people have been killed in southern Libya, according to a member of parliament, as forces loyal to strongman Khalifa Haftar fought for control of oilfields in the region. Speaking to Al

The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL or ISIS) once controlled an area stretching from western Syria to eastern Iraq - nearly the size of the United Kingdom. It proclaimed a caliphate in 2014