Leading Russian musicians on Thursday staged a classical concert in the ancient theatre of Syria's ravaged Palmyra in a show by the

At least 28 people, including women and children, were killed when air strikes hit a camp for internally displaced people in Syria's Idlib province near the Turkish border yesterday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.

Israel launched air raids on the Gaza Strip yesterday after a day of tensions along the border of the Palestinian territory whose

Egyptian police stormed the headquarters of the journalists' association in central Cairo Sunday and arrested two journalists for

Three bombs went off in and around Baghdad yesterday, killing at least 14 people, including Shia Muslim worshippers

Shelling by Turkish artillery and drones which took off from southern Turkey struck Islamic State targets in Syria on Sunday,

Fresh air strikes pummelled the Syrian city of Aleppo yesterday as US Secretary of State John Kerry made a desperate bid to salvage a two-month ceasefire in the war-torn country.

An Italian cargo ship rescued 26 migrants from a flimsy boat that was sinking off the coast of Libya but there are fears more may

Government forces have launched operations against the Taliban in 18 provinces of Afghanistan as fighting has intensified since

Reformist and moderate Iranian politicians allied with President Hassan Rouhani won second round parliamentary elections,

Terrified residents fled a new wave of air strikes on rebel-held areas of Syria's second city Aleppo yesterday, as a "freeze" in

Thousands of angry protesters broke into Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone yesterday and stormed the Iraqi parliament building after lawmakers again failed to approve new ministers. Jubilant supporters of Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr invaded the main session hall, shouting slogans glorifying their leader and claiming that they had rooted out corruption.

Four Bangladeshi migrant workers are killed and two others injured in a road crash at Dukhan in Qatar.

Facing such poverty, Om Hussein was driven to make a huge sacrifice-to sell her kidney.

Chief government negotiator of Syria claims that Israel is cooperating with Islamic State (IS) and al-Qaeda in the Golan Heights.

Israel's military says it has uncovered and "neutralised" a tunnel extending from the Gaza Strip several hundred metres inside Israeli territory.

Syria's landmark ceasefire was threatening to fall apart yesterday amid a surge of fresh fighting, especially in northern Aleppo province, just as peace talks were set to resume in Geneva.

Six Turkish soldiers and 30 Kurdish militants have been killed in the past 24 hours in attacks and clashes across Turkey's turbulent southeast region, security sources and the army said yesterday.

A UN-brokered ceasefire was taking hold in Yemen yesterday despite sporadic clashes, raising hopes that peace talks due next week may finally resolve the country's devastating conflict.

Human Rights Watch yesterday called for Iraq to allow aid to reach starving residents of the city of Fallujah, and for the Islamic State group to allow civilians to leave.