Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was on path for victory in Israel’s election yesterday after nearly complete results put him in position to form a right-wing coalition and further extend his long tenure in office.

Three US troops and a military contractor were killed in a roadside explosion Monday in the deadliest attack on American forces this year.

Lawmakers named the speaker of the upper house as Algeria's first new president in two decades yesterday, after the resignation of

The US State Department Monday barred entry to 16 Saudi nationals over what it described as their role in the murder of journalist Jamal

Israelis yesterday began voting in an election that could hand right-wing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a record fifth term or see him dethroned by an ex-general who has pledged clean government and social cohesion.

Israelis began voting Tuesday in a high-stakes election that will decide whether to extend Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's long right-wing tenure despite corruption allegations or to replace him with an ex-military chief new to politics.

The United Nations yesterday called for an investigation into the deaths of 11 civilians including stu-dents in Yemen's capital, where rebels accused a Saudi-led coalition of carrying out a deadly air strike.

The Israeli occupied West Bank "absolutely" belongs to Palestinians, said President Recep Tayyip Er-dogan yesterday, lambasting Israeli Premier Benjamin Netanyahu for his remarks on annexing Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank if re-elected.

Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has called on Iraq to demand US troops leave "as soon as possible", warning that

Eastern Libyan forces carried out an air strike on the southern part of Tripoli yesterday, escalating an operation to take the capital

Twin explosions yesterday in the eastern Afghanistan city of Jalalabad killed three people including a child and injured 20 others, local

Libyan forces under Khalifa Haftar battled their way to the south of Tripoli on Friday, prompting the UN Security Council and the G7 to

Forces loyal to Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar were pushed back from a key checkpoint less than 30 kilometres from Tripoli, checking their lightning advance on the capital, a security source said yesterday.

The US House of Representatives approved a resolution yesterday to end US support for the Saudi Arabia-led coalition in the war in Yemen, rebuffing President Donald Trump's policy toward the kingdom.

Heavy bombardment by the Syrian army of the jihadist-controlled Idlib region has killed 22 civilians, a monitor said yesterday, the latest violence which threatens a seven-month-old truce.

Forces led by a controversial Libyan military chief yesterday advanced towards Tripoli as UN chief Antonio Guterres warned of the growing risk of violence.

Afghan security forces have arrested six alleged members of the Islamic State militant group and accused them of using hundreds of fake accounts on Facebook Inc and other social media to find recruits, authorities said yesterday.

The children of murdered Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi have received multimillion-dollar homes and are being paid thousands of

Taliban fighters on Saturday attacked a convoy carrying Afghanistan's vice president Abdul Rashid Dostum, in an assault that left the

The top three contenders in Ukraine's presidential elections cast their vote yesterday in a first round which a comedian - who happens to