Yemen's leader was rushed to a "secure location" yesterday as rebel forces bore down on his southern stronghold and a warplane

Washington is considering launching air strikes, possibly within days, to back up Iraqi and Shiite forces battling to recapture Tikrit from

US President Barack Obama insisted Tuesday that his disagreement with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu represents a

A suicide attacker detonated a car bomb near a district police headquarters close to Afghanistan's presidential palace in central Kabul killing at least seven people and wounding 22

Fighters from Yemen's Houthi rebel movement are advancing into southern Yemen, clashing with forces allied to President Abdrabbuh

Yemeni foreign minister calls for Gulf Arab states to intervene to prevent the advance of Shia Houthi rebels into the south of the country

ISIS militants returning to the UK could launch a chlorine gas attack on trains, the London Underground or at a football match.

Syria's exiled opposition announced Saturday that it had declined an invitation from Russia to attend peace talks in Moscow with

Western powers negotiating an agreement with Iran on its nuclear activity will not accept "a bad deal", UK Foreign Secretary Philip

Shia militia in Yemen seized the airport in a key central city yesterday as deteriorating security prompted Washington to evacuate

A German tourist has been killed in a rare shark attack off an Egyptian Red Sea resort

Parts of Yemen's third largest city Taiz have been seized by Shia rebels

Yemeni President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi accuses the Iranian-allied Houthi on Saturday of staging a coup against him and appeals to the United Nations for “urgent intervention”, even as the United States evacuated its remaining forces

Jailed Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan yesterday called for Kurds to hold a historic congress to end a decades-long armed struggle

A nuclear deal with international powers on Iran's nuclear program is within reach and achievable, Iranian President Hassan Rohani

Suicide bombings claimed by the Islamic State jihadist group killed at least 142 people Friday at mosques in the Yemeni capital, in an attack targeting Shia worshippers including Huthi militiamen.

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani calls for an investigation after a mob beat a woman to death in the capital, Kabul, and then set her body on fire

Representatives of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and opposition figures will meet for peace talks in Moscow on April 6, a Russian

An Egyptian court Wednesday sentenced 22 supporters of ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi to death for an attack on a police

Barack Obama has placed the blame for the swift rise of ISIS at George W Bush's feet by suggesting its growth was an unintended