The outgoing UN special envoy to Syria, Staffan De Mistura, has given his last briefing to the Security Council, urging unity to help the Syrian people. De Mistura's successor, Norwegian Diplomat Geir Pedersen, will

US President Donald Trump has been defending his decision to withdraw all US troops from Syria, and end an air campaign against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as

A US software company said it has blocked the fundraising account of the Palestinian-led boycott movement against Israel following a complaint by a pro-Israel group that the campaign has links to "terrorist" organisations. Donorbox,

The UN Security Council called a vote for Friday on a resolution that would authorize the use of UN monitors to observe the implementation of a cease-fire in Yemen’s important port of Hodeidah and

JEDDAH: The US will not police the Middle East and it was time for Russia, Iran and the Assad regime in Syria to play a greater role in fighting Daesh, Donald Trump said on Thursday

A large winter storm is expected to disrupt millions of holiday travellers across the eastern seaboard on Friday and Saturday. Severe storms swept across Florida on Thursday morning, triggering at least 3 tornadoes and

Protesters angry about Spain's Cabinet holding a meeting in Catalonia have blocked a major highway and dozens of roads in the region, disrupting traffic to and from its capital. Pro-independence supporters called the protests

Earlier this month, an intergovernmental conference in Marrakesh, Morocco brought together leaders from around the world to address global migration. After two days of deliberations, some 150 nations signed the Global Compact for Migration (GCM)

A methane explosion in a Czech coal mine has killed 13 miners, including 11 Polish nationals and two Czechs, the mine operator OKD said on Friday. The state-run OKD company said a methane blast more than 800 metres (875

Britain's Gatwick airport has reopened after a rogue drone saboteur wrought travel chaos for hundreds of thousands of Christmas travellers by playing cat-and-mouse with police snipers and the army. After the biggest disruption at