Israel and Palestinians marked one year since last summer's war in Gaza yesterday, with a UN official calling for an end to the "inexcusable" blockade of the territory that has helped prevent rebuilding.

Two deadly car bombs hit the capital Sanaa and a southern city in Yemen on Tuesday, state news agency Saba reported, a day after air strike and clashes killed almost 200 people nationwide.

The last act of high-stakes Iran nuclear talks began yesterday with foreign ministers seeking to resolve a few remaining issues blocking a historic accord on the eve of a final deadline.

The majority of children living in areas of Gaza hardest-hit during last year's conflict are showing signs of severe emotional distress and trauma, including frequent bed wetting and nightmares, a global children's charity said yesterday.

After jubilant celebrations by 'No' voters, Athens returned to a reality of ATM queues yesterday and the shock news that the finance minister, champion of the victorious anti-austerity camp, had quit.

US Secretary of State John Kerry and his Iranian counterpart went face to face again yesterday with time running out to nail down a landmark nuclear deal in marathon talks in Vienna.

A US-led coalition has carried out some of its heaviest air strikes yet on the Islamic State group's de facto Syrian capital, killing more than 30 people,

Hamas authorities yesterday reopened the offices of the Gaza Strip's only mobile telephone company, five days after closing them on accusations of tax-dodging.

With more than half the ballots in, results from a referendum in Greece suggest voters have decisively rejected the terms of an international bailout.

A video apparently released by the Islamic State group shows 25 men being shot dead in the ancient city of Palmyra, in Syria.

Saudi-led air strikes and clashes in Yemen's second city of Aden killed 13 Shia Huthi rebels and eight pro-government fighters yesterday,

Israeli soldiers shot dead a Palestinian teenager in the West Bank yesterday after he threw stones at their patrol, Palestinian medical and

A year and half of nuclear talks between Iran and major powers were creeping towards the finish line yesterday as negotiators wrestled

Egypt yesterday vowed to crush an escalating insurgency in the Sinai Peninsula after Islamic State group jihadists killed dozens in their

Islamic State insurgents threatened to turn the Gaza Strip into another of their Middle East fiefdoms, accusing Hamas, the organization

Following a suicide attack on a mosque, many Kuwaitis react by publicly rejecting sectarianism and calling for unity on their social media accounts.

A Swechchhasebok League activist was hacked to death by unidentified criminals in Gulshanpara area of the district town on Monday

Erosion by the Teesta River has taken a serious turn in Sundarganj upazila of the district, leaving at least 170 families homeless in the last

At least 2 locals are killed and 3 others injured as Border Guard Bangladesh members opened fire after being attacked by smugglers in Dinajpur.

The Islamic State group beheads two women in Syria on accusations of "sorcery," the first such executions of female civilians in Syria, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.