Iran-allied Houthi militiamen pushed into the northeastern outskirts of the Yemeni port city of Aden on Monday amid heavy clashes with loyalists of President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi

The heads of Arab League countries meeting in Egypt have agree to create a joint Arab military force.

Iran and major powers are close to agreement on a 2- or 3-page accord with specific numbers that would form the basis of a long-term settlement aimed at ending a 12-year standoff over Tehran's nuclear ambitions, officials said

Warplanes from a Saudi-led coalition are bombing Yemen for a third night, targeting Shia Houthi rebels as they advance in and around the port of Aden

The long-running conflict with Israel claimed the lives of more Palestinian civilians in 2014 than any year since 1967, the United

Iran's president yesterday appealed to global leaders including Barack Obama as negotiators raced against the clock to agree the outlines

US Secretary of State John Kerry branded Bashar al-Assad "a brutal dictator" Wednesday, a week after suggesting that it would be

Iraqi forces buoyed by the first US-led coalition air strikes on Tikrit made a final push yesterday to flush diehard jihadists out of Saddam Hussein's hometown.

In a damning report released yesterday, Amnesty International said Palestinian rocket fire during the 2014 summer war in Gaza had

Nigeria's military has detained two Al-Jazeera television journalists in the country's northeast, where troops have been battling Boko

Saudi Arabia has launched a military operation including air strikes in Yemen against Houthi Shia rebels, say the Saudi Ambassador.

Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday Israel wants peace with the Palestinians as he was tasked to form a government a week after

US President Barack Obama insisted Tuesday that his disagreement with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu represents a

Benjamin Netanyahu will be asked to form Israel's next government later yesterday amid an escalating row with United States. Israel's

A suicide car bomber killed seven people in Kabul yesterday as the Taliban warned that Washington's decision to slow the withdrawal

Yemen's leader was rushed to a "secure location" yesterday as rebel forces bore down on his southern stronghold and a warplane

Washington is considering launching air strikes, possibly within days, to back up Iraqi and Shiite forces battling to recapture Tikrit from

A suicide attacker detonated a car bomb near a district police headquarters close to Afghanistan's presidential palace in central Kabul killing at least seven people and wounding 22

Fighters from Yemen's Houthi rebel movement are advancing into southern Yemen, clashing with forces allied to President Abdrabbuh

Yemeni foreign minister calls for Gulf Arab states to intervene to prevent the advance of Shia Houthi rebels into the south of the country