Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has approved a law to set up a council headed by his appointees that oversees the media and

Islamic State group fighters "summarily executed" 13 civilians after villagers rose up against them at the start of the Iraqi army's

More than 2,000 Saudis are fighting abroad with jihadist groups, with over 70 percent of them in Syria, the kingdom's

Israel will re-assess its ties with the United Nations following the adoption by the Security Council of a resolution

Syrian rebels shelled Aleppo and air strikes resumed around the city on Friday as Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his allies said the insurgents' withdrawal from the city could pave the way towards a political solution for the country.

Egypt said yesterday it agreed to delay a vote on a UN Security Council resolution against Israeli settlements during a phone call between

The number of migrants and refugees who have perished while trying to cross the Mediterranean this year has passed 5,000, the UN said

The Iraqi air force dropped four million letters over Mosul on Thursday, the US-led coalition said, in a move aimed at providing "empathy

Syrian troops cemented their hold on Aleppo yesterday after retaking full control of the city, as residents anxious to return to their

The warning from the UN envoy could not have been starker: Pounded by a near-daily barrage of air strikes, Aleppo would be totally destroyed by Christmas unless the United Nations stopped the carnage.

Four Iraqi aid workers and at least seven civilians were killed by mortar fire this week during aid distribution in Mosul, the

The UN Security Council yesterday postponed a vote on a draft resolution demanding that Israel halt its settlement activities in

The United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday voted to establish a special team to "collect, consolidate, preserve and

Eight people were killed when Taliban suicide bombers stormed the residence of an Afghan lawmaker in the capital Kabul,

A Palestinian man was killed during clashes with Israeli soldiers overnight as they arrived to demolish the home of the alleged

Seven bodies were recovered from or around stricken migrants boats in the Mediterranean on Wednesday, Italy's coastguard said.

The last residents hoping to leave rebel-held Aleppo waited in the snow yesterday as delays hit an evacuation that

Seven-year-old Bana al-Abed, whose Twitter account gave a tragic description of the bombing of Aleppo in Syria,

The Islamic State group is "indiscriminately" attacking civilians who refused to retreat along with the jihadists in the

Security forces in Congo have killed at least 26 demonstrators and arrested scores more amid protests against