Palestine formally joined the International Criminal Court yesterday, a move the Palestinians hope could open the door to the possible

More than 20 jihadist groups have pledged their allegiance to the Islamic State movement and 10 others have voiced their support for

One assailant was killed yesterday when Turkish security forces opened fire on two armed individuals who sought to attack the police

Dozens of civilians were reported killed yesterday after a dairy plant was bombed in Yemen as the war-torn country's foreign

Explosion at a dairy factory in Yemen's Hodaida has left 25 workers dead, medical sources said, with conflicting accounts attributing the blast to an air strike by a Saudi-led alliance or to a rocket landing from a nearby army base.

The Palestinians have formally joined the International Criminal Court (ICC), a key step towards being able to pursue Israelis for alleged war crimes.

According to Israeli military assessment, Israel could suffer hundreds of civilian dead if it fights another war with Hezbollah.

Iran-allied Houthi militiamen pushed into the northeastern outskirts of the Yemeni port city of Aden on Monday amid heavy clashes with loyalists of President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi

The heads of Arab League countries meeting in Egypt have agree to create a joint Arab military force.

Iran and major powers are close to agreement on a 2- or 3-page accord with specific numbers that would form the basis of a long-term settlement aimed at ending a 12-year standoff over Tehran's nuclear ambitions, officials said

Warplanes from a Saudi-led coalition are bombing Yemen for a third night, targeting Shia Houthi rebels as they advance in and around the port of Aden

The long-running conflict with Israel claimed the lives of more Palestinian civilians in 2014 than any year since 1967, the United

Iran's president yesterday appealed to global leaders including Barack Obama as negotiators raced against the clock to agree the outlines

US Secretary of State John Kerry branded Bashar al-Assad "a brutal dictator" Wednesday, a week after suggesting that it would be

Iraqi forces buoyed by the first US-led coalition air strikes on Tikrit made a final push yesterday to flush diehard jihadists out of Saddam Hussein's hometown.

In a damning report released yesterday, Amnesty International said Palestinian rocket fire during the 2014 summer war in Gaza had

Nigeria's military has detained two Al-Jazeera television journalists in the country's northeast, where troops have been battling Boko

Saudi Arabia has launched a military operation including air strikes in Yemen against Houthi Shia rebels, say the Saudi Ambassador.

Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday Israel wants peace with the Palestinians as he was tasked to form a government a week after

Benjamin Netanyahu will be asked to form Israel's next government later yesterday amid an escalating row with United States. Israel's