Two trains collided and caught fire in a remote region of northern Iran, killing more than 30 people and injuring dozens more, in one of the country's worst rail disasters.

Iraqi forces battled the Islamic State group deep inside Mosul Thursday, piling pressure on jihadists who have no more escape routes but leaving trapped civilians in the crossfire.

The Turkish army yesterday blamed the Syrian regime for an air strike in northern Syria that killed three soldiers, the first time it has accused Damascus of killing its soldiers since launching its three-month military incursion.

Iran will retaliate if the United States renews sanctions next month, supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned

Israel yesterday revived plans to build 500 new homes for Jewish settlers in Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem, an

Iraqi-led forces have cut off the Islamic State group's last supply line from Mosul to Syria, completing the isolation of

The Syrian military yesterday urged rebels to pull out of east Aleppo and allow civilians to also leave, as it pressed an offensive

An Egyptian appeals court yesterday quashed one of two life sentences handed down to Mohamed Morsi since his 2013

A Palestinian was shot dead at a West Bank checkpoint yesterday after walking towards guards with a knife in his hand, Israeli

Donald Trump's victory and the war on Islamic State have given Iran's hard-line Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps what it sees as a unique opportunity to claw back economic and political power it had lost.

Children as young as nine could be jailed in the Philippines for certain crimes under a proposed law backed by the

Syrian regime forces advanced quickly in rebel-held areas of Aleppo yesterday, pressing a new offensive in defiance of

A 48-hour ceasefire ended in Yemen yesterday after failing to stem violence across the country, with both sides

Yemen saw a rare respite from fighting yesterday, the second day of a 48-hour ceasefire that followed a US push to

A renewed blitz on Syria's war-ravaged eastern Aleppo has killed almost 300 people in five days -- including

An Egyptian court yesterday sentenced the head of the journalists' union and two members to two years in prison for

Iraqi forces have found another suspected mass grave containing the remains of victims of the Islamic State group in territory

Syria's government pounded rebel-held Aleppo with air strikes and artillery fire yesterday, killing 27 people and prompting Washington to condemn the "heinous actions" of Damascus and its ally Russia.

Yemen rebels and loyalist forces battled Saturday around third city Taez even as a 48-hour ceasefire announced by a Saudi-led coalition

Ex-Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos was buried in a secretive ceremony at the national heroes' cemetery