Australia has recognised West Jerusalem as Israel's capital but an embassy shift from Tel Aviv will not occur until a peace settlement is achieved, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said     On Saturday, Canberra became one of

Angry. Fractured. Fed up. Europe is storming into winter on a wave of discontent. Britain slipped further into Brexit chaos this week after Prime Minister Theresa May narrowly survived a leadership challenge by her

ISTANBUL: Up to 15,000 Syrian fighters are ready to join a Turkish military offensive against US-backed Kurdish forces in northeast Syria, but no date has been set for the operation, a spokesman for the

ISTANBUL: Up to 15,000 Syrian fighters are ready to join a Turkish military offensive against US-backed Kurdish forces in northeast Syria, but no date has been set for the operation, a spokesman for the

AMMAN: Seventeen Jordanians were arrested over protests against a controversial fiscal reform, a judicial source in Amman said on Friday.The attorney general in the capital decided to “arrest 17 people who he accused of

Eritrea's President Isaias Afwerki has travelled Mogadishu for talks with Somali leaders, as they rebuild diplomatic relations. The two nations agreed to restore ties in July, ending 15 years of hostilities. There is perhaps

A Hamas official in the occupied West Bank says Israeli forces have arrested dozens of Hamas supporters, including legislators, in overnight raids. Palestinian media also reported on Friday that scores of Palestinians, including two

In northern Iraq, several projects are trying to help Yazidi women support themselves and their loved ones after ISIL drove them from their towns and villages into refugee camps. But as the threat from

A Virgin Galactic rocket plane has reached space and returned safely to the California desert, capping years of testing to become the first US commercial human flight to breach the Earth's atmosphere since US

BEIRUT: Kurdish-led forces seized Daesh’s main hub of Hajjin Friday, a milestone in a massive and costly US-backed operation to eradicate the militants from eastern Syria.The Syrian Democratic Forces secured Hajjin, the largest settlement