A car bomb outside Italy's consulate in Cairo yesterday killed one person, the first attack on a foreign mission since jihadists began a

Islamic State group fighters attacked Iraqi police and soldiers in an area considered a major staging ground for operations to reconquer Anbar province,

Saudi Arabia's Prince Saud al-Faisal, formerly the world's longest-serving foreign minister who oversaw four decades of turbulent diplomacy for the oil-rich

Yemen's main warring factions endorsed a UN-brokered humanitarian truce from yesterday midnight although heavy fighting on the ground and Saudi air

The negotiations over Iran's nuclear program have been extended through Monday, according to a senior US State Department official.

The Israeli defence ministry says that two Israelis, including an Arab, were being held captive in the Gaza Strip, accusing Hamas of holding one of them.

In a game of high-stakes diplomatic brinkmanship, global powers were readying yesterday for a late-night push to reach a deal curbing Tehran's nuclear ambitions and ending a 13-year standoff.

Israel and Palestinians marked one year since last summer's war in Gaza yesterday, with a UN official calling for an end to the "inexcusable" blockade of the territory that has helped prevent rebuilding.

Two deadly car bombs hit the capital Sanaa and a southern city in Yemen on Tuesday, state news agency Saba reported, a day after air strike and clashes killed almost 200 people nationwide.

The last act of high-stakes Iran nuclear talks began yesterday with foreign ministers seeking to resolve a few remaining issues blocking a historic accord on the eve of a final deadline.

The majority of children living in areas of Gaza hardest-hit during last year's conflict are showing signs of severe emotional distress and trauma, including frequent bed wetting and nightmares, a global children's charity said yesterday.

After jubilant celebrations by 'No' voters, Athens returned to a reality of ATM queues yesterday and the shock news that the finance minister, champion of the victorious anti-austerity camp, had quit.

US Secretary of State John Kerry and his Iranian counterpart went face to face again yesterday with time running out to nail down a landmark nuclear deal in marathon talks in Vienna.

A US-led coalition has carried out some of its heaviest air strikes yet on the Islamic State group's de facto Syrian capital, killing more than 30 people,

Hamas authorities yesterday reopened the offices of the Gaza Strip's only mobile telephone company, five days after closing them on accusations of tax-dodging.

With more than half the ballots in, results from a referendum in Greece suggest voters have decisively rejected the terms of an international bailout.

A video apparently released by the Islamic State group shows 25 men being shot dead in the ancient city of Palmyra, in Syria.

A year and half of nuclear talks between Iran and major powers were creeping towards the finish line yesterday as negotiators wrestled

Saudi-led air strikes and clashes in Yemen's second city of Aden killed 13 Shia Huthi rebels and eight pro-government fighters yesterday,

Israeli soldiers shot dead a Palestinian teenager in the West Bank yesterday after he threw stones at their patrol, Palestinian medical and