The United Nations envoy to Iraq yesterday called for "calm" in Basra, after six died in the bloodiest day of protests over poor public services in the southern city.

Israel's top court yesterday upheld an order to raze a Palestinian Bedouin village in the occupied West Bank, clearing the way for the demolition to go ahead despite international pressure.

A suicide bomber blew himself up at a wrestling club in a Shia neighbourhood of the Afghan capital Kabul yesterday, and a second blast struck after the emergency services and journalists arrived at the scene.

International calls mounted yesterday to avoid a "massacre" by regime forces in Syria's last rebel-held province of Idlib, two days before a summit between key powers backing the government and opposition.

Qatar has approved legislation to scrap controversial exit visas which require all foreign workers to obtain their employers' permission to leave the country, according to official statements published Tuesday.

An air strike near a US base in southeastern Syria has killed at least eight pro-government fighters, the Syrian Observatory for Human

Israel yesterday signalled that it could attack suspected Iranian military assets in Iraq, as it has done with scores of air strikes in war-

Clashes raged on the outskirts of Libya's capital Tripoli yesterday trapping residents indoors and hampering rescue efforts, emergency

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan yesterday vowed Ankara would pursue non-dollar transactions in trade with Russia and other countries, accusing the US of behaving like "wild wolves."

Palestinians reacted angrily yesterday to a US decision to end all funding for the UN agency that assists three million needy refugees, seeing it as a new policy shift aimed at undermining their cause.

Iran plans to boost its ballistic and cruise missile capacity and acquire modern fighter planes and submarines, the Iranian state news

On February 15, welcoming Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the White House, Trump halts Washington's quest for a two-

Yemen faces a possible third wave of a cholera epidemic, the UN warned Thursday, following a jump in the number of suspected cases over recent weeks.

Violent clashes resumed late Thursday afternoon between rival militias south of the Libyan capital, just hours after a truce was announced to end fighting that has killed almost 30 people since Monday.

Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi yesterday appointed a string of new governors to key regions, the latest shake-up since winning re-election in March.

At least 27 people have been killed and 100 wounded in several days of fighting between rival militias near the Libyan capital, the health ministry said yesterday.

The United States said Wednesday that a UN report on possible war crimes in Yemen is "very concerning," calling on parties to the conflict to avoid violations.

Iran is sticking to the terms of its nuclear deal with world powers, a UN atomic watchdog report showed yesterday, despite ongoing uncertainty over its future.

The United Nations called on Russia, Iran and Turkey yesterday to forestall a battle in Syria's Idlib province which would affect millions of civilians and could see both militants and the government potentially using chlorine as a chemical weapon.

A Spanish NGO yesterday said it will halt its migrant rescue missions off Libya to support operations in Spain, as it denounced the "criminalisation" of humanitarian groups in the Mediterranean.