A total of 2,531 Afghan security forces were killed and 4,238 wounded in the first four months of the year, according to figures released

Thousands of people yesterday gathered in the rebel-held Yemeni capital to witness the public execution of a man

Israeli media are reporting that a military court has upheld the 18-month sentence of a soldier convicted of fatally shooting a Palestinian

A defiant Iran vowed on Saturday to press ahead with its missile programme and condemned new US sanctions, as tensions rise after

The foreign ministers of four Arab states boycotting Qatar said yesterday they would make no compromises in their demand that Doha

Six Bangladesh nationals, including two siblings, are killed in a road accident in Saudi Arabia.

A total of 105 Bangladeshi Hajj pilgrims, who missed their flights to Saudi Arabia yesterday, fly from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka.

Thousands of Muslim worshippers surge into Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque and at least 113 are hurt in scuffles with police after Israel lifted security measures imposed at the sacred site in the face of days of violent protests.

The US-led coalition fighting IS has told its local Syrian allies that they must be exclusively focused on fighting ISIS and not fight the

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said he wants to expel Qatari broadcaster Al-Jazeera from Israel amid tensions over a

An attack on a boat carrying refugees off the coast of war-torn Yemen in March was almost certainly carried out by the Saudi-led

An Iraqi army division trained by American forces summarily executed prisoners in west Mosul, Human Rights Watch said yesteraday,

Qatar yesterday said a decision by four Arab states to add 18 groups and individuals allegedly linked to Doha to their "terrorist" lists

Saudi Arabia and its allies yesterday unveiled a "terrorist" blacklist of 18 organisations and individuals suspected of

Israel removed metal detectors from a highly sensitive Jerusalem holy site yesterday after their installation triggered

A deadly shooting at Israel's Embassy in Jordan further complicated Israeli government efforts yesterday to find a

Libya's coastguard rescued an estimated 278 migrants including women and children yesterday off the shores of two

More than 600,000 people are expected to contract cholera in Yemen this year, the International Committee of the Red

Afghan police yesterday launched a search for some 30 villagers still missing two days after a mass kidnapping blamed

Syria's regime carried out air raids on one of the last rebel strongholds near Damascus yesterday, a monitor said, a