SARAQEB: Syrian regime forces shelled rebel and extremist positions in the northwestern province of Idlib on Thursday and dropped leaflets warning of an impending assault.The province is the largest chunk of territory still in

BAGHDAD:  Muqtada Al-Sadr  threatened to give up his pursuit of a governing coalition on Thursday, raising further doubts about the country’s political stability. The influential cleric was the biggest winner in parliamentary elections in

GAZA CITY: Gaza militants halted fire Thursday after targeting Israel with some 180 rockets and mortars, provoking Israeli strikes across the enclave that killed three Palestinians, including a toddler, in another severe flare-up of

A British-Bangladeshi citizen has been released from prison in Bangladesh after being held for two years over suspicion of involvement in a major restaurant attack in the capital, Dhaka. The Anti-Terrorism Special Tribunal on Wednesday cleared Hasnat Karim

The Trump administration unveiled a proposal in July that would strip the Endangered Species Act of some of its provisions. Conservationists say this move would weaken a law enacted 45 years ago to keep

With huge amounts of dust in the atmosphere, the sunsets in California are currently spectacular.  However, the pollution is so bad in some locations the air-quality index was classed as "unhealthy" by the US

Buenos Aires, Argentina - As Argentine senators laid out their positions ahead of an historic abortion rights vote, the streets surrounding the Congress building in Buenos Aires became a colour-coded battleground for those in

Workers have gone on strike at al-Mahra border crossing between Yemen and Oman. They are protesting against new restrictions and tariffs, up to 100 percent, on imported goods. Seventy percent of imports to Yemen

GAZA: Israel and Gazan militants engaged in a new exchange of fire Thursday after a brief pause in deadly hostilities, with a strike flattening a building in the Palestinian enclave and a rocket landing deep

The third and fourth-place finishers in the first round of Mali's presidential election have declined to endorse neither frontrunner in Sunday's runoff vote, dealing a blow to opposition leader Soumaila Cisse's hopes of defeating President Ibrahim