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Iran launched extensive military drills on Thursday, local media reported, in a show of strength stretching several hundred kilometres from…

Two women's rights campaigners detained in Saudi Arabia have been transferred to a special tribunal for "terrorism", activists said on…

Each travelled more than 2,000 miles, Abou from impoverished Ivory Coast and Mahmud from Syria after Islamist militants besieged his…

At least 30 members of the were killed in clashes with Kurdish troops in northeastern Syria on Thursday, a monitoring…

The United States dismissed Wednesday a claim by the Islamic State jihadist group that it had shot down a Jordanian…

In a squalid camp in eastern Lebanon, a school in a tent with a chalkboard and brightly coloured desks offers…

A Chinese city has banned schools from holding Christmas events, state media reported on Thursday, highlighting official suspicions about the…

Hong Kong police said on Thursday they had arrested a dozen pro-democracy protesters after a night of clashes in the…

Pope Francis will offer his annual Christmas blessing on Thursday, traditionally an occasion to appeal for remedies to the world's…

Israeli authorities gave final approval on Wednesday to the construction of 380 new settler homes in two areas of annexed…