ISIS militants returning to the UK could launch a chlorine gas attack on trains, the London Underground or at a football match.

Syria's exiled opposition announced Saturday that it had declined an invitation from Russia to attend peace talks in Moscow with

Western powers negotiating an agreement with Iran on its nuclear activity will not accept "a bad deal", UK Foreign Secretary Philip

Shia militia in Yemen seized the airport in a key central city yesterday as deteriorating security prompted Washington to evacuate

A German tourist has been killed in a rare shark attack off an Egyptian Red Sea resort

Parts of Yemen's third largest city Taiz have been seized by Shia rebels

Yemeni President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi accuses the Iranian-allied Houthi on Saturday of staging a coup against him and appeals to the United Nations for “urgent intervention”, even as the United States evacuated its remaining forces

Jailed Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan yesterday called for Kurds to hold a historic congress to end a decades-long armed struggle

A nuclear deal with international powers on Iran's nuclear program is within reach and achievable, Iranian President Hassan Rohani

Suicide bombings claimed by the Islamic State jihadist group killed at least 142 people Friday at mosques in the Yemeni capital, in an attack targeting Shia worshippers including Huthi militiamen.

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani calls for an investigation after a mob beat a woman to death in the capital, Kabul, and then set her body on fire

Representatives of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and opposition figures will meet for peace talks in Moscow on April 6, a Russian

An Egyptian court Wednesday sentenced 22 supporters of ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi to death for an attack on a police

Barack Obama has placed the blame for the swift rise of ISIS at George W Bush's feet by suggesting its growth was an unintended

Israeli Prime Minster Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday pledged to form a new governing coalition quickly after an upset election victory

Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif yesterday played down the chances of reaching a nuclear agreement during talks under

Syria's military yesterday said it downed an American drone over suspicions it was spying, in what would be its first attack on an aircraft

A Saudi Arabian court has sentenced a woman to 70 lashes after she allegedly insulted a man on the messaging service WhatsApp. The

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party claimes a surprise victory in Israel's election, Israeli media report

Uncertainty reigned at crunch US-Iran nuclear talks yesterday as US officials warned that key differences remained but Tehran said