At least 50 people were killed in Nigeria when fuel from a crashed truck that they were siphoning up caught fire, a spokesman for the

A Yemeni rebel attack on a civilian airport in southern Saudi Arabia wounded nine civilians yesterday, a Riyadh-led coalition said, the

Sudan’s protest leaders blamed ruling generals yesterday for deadly new violence as three blood-stained bodies were found a day

Afghan security forces killed five Taliban gunmen who stormed a building in Kabul yesterday after detonating a bomb-laden truck that

Iran has breached the limit of its enriched uranium stockpile set in a 2015 deal with major powers, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad

UN chief Antonio Guterres said climate-related devastation was striking the planet on a weekly basis and yesterday warned that urgent

Two Yemeni rebel drones targeting southern Saudi Arabia were intercepted on Saturday, a Riyadh-led military coalition said, the latest in

Taliban suicide bombers killed at least 19 people in an attack on a government office on Saturday night, officials said, in the latest

The US has deployed F-22 stealth fighters to Qatar for the first time, its military said Friday, adding to a buildup of US forces in the Gulf amid tensions with Iran.

Several Saudi women activists were to stand trial yesterday, said people familiar with the proceedings, after a two-month hiatus in a case that has drawn international scrutiny of the kingdom’s human rights record.

UN “paralysis” has prevented accountability for the brutal murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a rights expert said Wednesday, accusing Secretary General Antonio Guterres of failing to act in pursuit of justice.

Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif yesterday warned that US President Donald Trump was mistaken in thinking a war between their countries would not last long.

Two US service members were killed in Afghanistan yesterday, Nato said, the latest international casualties as the US and the Taliban

Seven police officers have been killed in a jihadist attack in restive North Sinai, Egypt’s interior ministry said yesterday. The attack near

Oman yesterday said that it has decided to open an embassy in the Palestinian territories in support of the Palestinian people, in a first for a Gulf Arab state.

Iran “never seeks war” with the United States, President Hassan Rouhani said as he sought to rein in soaring tensions between the two archfoes.On Tuesday, Tehran’s top security official, Ali Shamkhani, said Iran would “forcefully” reduce further commitments from July 7.

US President Donald Trump threatens to obliterate parts of Iran if it attacked "anything American," in a new war of words with Iran which condemned fresh US sanctions on Tehran as "mentally retarded."

The Trump administration launched a $50 billion economic formula for Israeli-Palestinian peace yesterday, saying an investment-driven pathway forward for the Palestinians was a necessary precondition for ending the decades-old conflict.

A Yemeni rebel attack on a civilian airport in southern Saudi Arabia killed a Syrian national and wounded 21 other civilians Sunday, a

The Taliban have issued a threat to Afghan media, saying journalists will be targeted unless news outlets stop broadcasting what they