The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) militia battling Islamic State in Syria said yesterday it had freed 24 of its fighters held in

The US and the Taliban have paused negotiations in Doha, with the diplomatic push aimed at ending the war in Afghanistan set to restart

White House advisor Jared Kushner held talks with Saudi Arabia's king and crown prince during a regional tour to rally support for a long-awaited Middle East peace proposal, US officials said Wednesday.

The head of Libya's internationally recognised government and a military strongman who backs a rival administration in the country's east have met and agreed to hold elections, the United Nations said yesterday.

Israel's attorney general is expected to announce later yesterday a decision on whether he intends to indict Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on corruption charges, Israeli media reported.

United Nations investigators said on Thursday Israeli security forces may have committed war crimes and crimes against humanity in killing 189 Palestinians and wounding more than 6,100 at weekly protests in Gaza last year.

Fighting between parties and factions in Iran is a "deadly poison" in formulating foreign policy, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said in an interview published by the Jomhuri Eslami newspaper yesterday, a day after announcing his resignation.

Fourteen French nationals accused of fighting for the Islamic State group were transferred to Iraq by US-backed forces squeezing the

US special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad met with the Taliban's top political leader in Doha yesterday. Khalilzad tweeted that he and Mullah

More than 2,500 foreign children from 30 countries who have fled the Islamic State group's last redoubts are living in desperate conditions in camps in northeastern Syria, Save the Children said Thursday.

The two main challengers to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced an electoral alliance yesterday, posing a threat to the premier's long rule as he also faces potential corruption charges.

A convoy of trucks evacuated dozens of people including women and children from the Islamic State group's last Syria holdout yesterday, bringing US-backed forces closer to retaking the last sliver of the "caliphate".

Some 200 families are trapped in a shrinking area of Syria controlled by Islamic State, whose forces are stopping many from fleeing, UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet said yesterday, calling for the families' safe passage.

Some 200 families are trapped in a shrinking area of Syria controlled by Islamic State, whose forces are stopping many from fleeing, UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet says, calling for the families' safe passage.

Jihadists defending their last dreg of territory in Syria have no choice but to surrender, a Kurdish-led force said yesterday, ahead of a victory declaration expected within days.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad yesterday warned the United States would not protect those depending on it, in reference to Kurdish fighters who control much of the north.

Saudi Arabia on Saturday defended a mobile app that allows men in the kingdom to track female relatives after rights groups and a US lawmaker criticised tech giants for offering it.

Iran has summoned the Pakistani ambassador to protest about a suicide bombing that killed 27 of its elite Revolutionary Guards near the border earlier this week, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported yesterday.

A Bangladesh national dies in a road accident in Riyadh of Saudi Arabia.

Egypt's army yesterday said seven suspected jihadists were "eliminated" and 15 soldiers killed or wounded in an attack in the Sinai