Iraqi Shia militias backed by Iran yesterday said they would soon join the fight against Islamic State on a new front west of Mosul, a

Azerbaijani security services have killed two men suspected of plotting "terrorist attacks" in the secular ex-Soviet country with a mainly

Yemeni rebels have launched one of their longest-range strikes against Saudi Arabia, firing a ballistic missile that was shot down near

Syrian rebels yesterday launched a major assault aimed at breaking a months-long siege of opposition-held districts of Aleppo, as regime ally Russia

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said yesterday his country could join naval exercises with Japan, but repeated

Two top al-Qaeda leaders in Afghanistan were killed in a US drone attack, the nation's spy agency confirmed

The Libyan navy said yesterday that almost 100 migrants were missing after their Europe-bound boat sank off the

Islamic State militants have in recent days executed dozens of prisoners taken from villages In Mosul, Iraq.

Militants linked to Islamic State jihadists abducted and killed around 30 civilians, including children, in central Afghanistan, officials said yesterday, raising concerns about the group's expanding presence beyond its eastern stronghold.

At least seven children were among 22 civilians killed in air strikes that hit a school and the surrounding area in

Islamic State group fighters were shaving their beards and changing hideouts in Mosul, residents said, as Iraqi forces

Unidentified gunmen killed two Saudi policemen in the mainly Shia eastern city of Dammam early on Tuesday, authorities in the

Although torn by civil war, Iraq is the world's most generous country towards strangers in need, according to a new global index

The United States expects the campaigns against Islamic State in Mosul and Raqqa to overlap, U.S. Defense Secretary Ash

Israel's air force hit a Hamas post in the Gaza Strip yesterday after a rocket was fired from the Palestinian enclave toward Israel,

Sixteen civilians, including three children, were killed yesterday in heavy bombardment across rebel-held Idlib province in

The cultivation of opium poppy in Afghanistan, the world's main source of heroin, has risen to its third-highest level in more

Horrific scenes unfolded in the Mediterranean off Libya Saturday as a full-to-capacity rescue ship was forced to sail

Warplanes from a Saudi-led coalition attacked targets in Sanaa at dawn yesterday, hours after a three-day truce in

Clashes and air strikes shook the Syrian city of Aleppo, a monitor said yesterday, as heavy fighting resumed after the