"The movement has submitted its response, agreeing to the mediators' new proposal. We pray to God to extinguish the fire...
- A huge Israeli flag covered with portraits of the remaining captives was unfurled in Tel Aviv's so-called Hostage Square --...
The fighting in Sudan has caused over 330,000 people to flee their homes within the country, with over 100,000 others...The UN's International Organization for Migration (IOM) said an estimated 334,000 people had been internally displaced by the fighting.
The UN said its 2023 aid appeals for Sudan were $1.5 billion short and only 14 percent funded.
- Former president Michel Aoun's term expired in October, with no successor lined up. Countries including France, the United States and...
A caretaker cabinet with limited powers has been at the helm since May last year after legislative polls gave no side a clear majority
Numerous parliamentary votes have been held since October 2022, but no candidate has garnered enough support to succeed Michel Aoun
National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said he was not giving estimates of Ukrainian casualties because "they are the victims...National Security Council spokesman told reporters that Russia has suffered more than 100,000 casualties, including over 20,000 killed in action
John Kirby, citing newly declassified US intelligence, said that about half of those killed were soldiers recruited by the private military company Wagner
TUNIS, TUNISIA - Tunisia's largest union on Monday attacked the government's handling of negotiations with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on...Despite an agreement in principle on the loan, talks with the IMF have stalled for months over Tunisian President not committing to restructure public bodies.
The IMF has called for legislation to restructure over 100 state-owned firms, which hold monopolies over many parts of the economy.
"The suspected leader of Daesh, codename Abu Hussein al-Qurashi, has been neutralised in an operation carried out yesterday (Saturday) by...The Islamic State group announced the death of its previous leader, Abu Hasan al-Hashimi al-Qurashi, on November 30, replacing him with Abu Hussein al-Qurashi
An AFP correspondent in northern Syria said Turkish intelligence agents and local military police, backed by Turkey, had on Saturday sealed off a zone in Jindires
- With projectiles crashing into residential buildings, supplies running short and daily life increasingly untenable for civilians, foreign nations have scrambled...
Secretary-General Antonio Guterres' announcement Sunday came shortly after rival Sudanese forces announced the extension of a truce they have largely violated
More than 75,000 people have been internally displaced in Sudan, the UN said, and almost 40,000 have crossed borders, mostly into Chad but also South Sudan and Ethiopia
- The 69-year-old president has bounced back strongly from what was described as a digestive problem in the run-up to one...
The veteran Turkish leader filled a central Ankara square that can fit a few hundred thousand people with flag-waving supporters.
Erdogan in 2019 lost landmark municipal votes in Ankara, Istanbul and Izmir -- Turkey's three biggest and most economically powerful cities.
- Iran's parliament voted in an impeachment session to remove the industry minister amid soaring prices as the Islamic republic's economy...
The vote came with the economy battered by Western sanctions, rampant inflation and depreciation of the rial against the dollar.
Defending the minister ahead of the vote, President Ebrahim Raisi had urged "stability in the management of this ministry".
- KHARTOUM, SUDAN - A first Red Cross plane laden with humanitarian aid on Sunday landed in Sudan, where deadly clashes between...
The shipment took off from the Jordanian capital Amman and arrived in the eastern city of Port Sudan.
Only 16 percent of hospitals are functioning in the capital Khartoum, according to the World Health Organization.
- Washington, United States--The US called on China Saturday to stop its "provocative and unsafe conduct" in the disputed South China Sea,...
US has warned China to refrain from taking aggressive actions, saying that any attack on Philippine armed forces would trigger a US response
China blamed the Philippine boats for intruding without its permission and termed it a "premeditated and provocative action"
