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An Israeli parliamentary committee held a heated debate Monday on whether to begin allowing Jews to pray on what they…

A boat carrying almost 70 Rohingya Muslim refugees fleeing sectarian tensions capsized today off Myanmar’s coast, police said, leaving dozens…

US Secretary of State John Kerry said Sunday his country is committed to working with Egypt's interim rulers, on his…

Iran's supreme leader said Sunday he is not optimistic but supports revived talks with world powers over his country's nuclear…

The foreign and defence ministers of Japan and Russia agreed Saturday to cooperate in fighting terrorism and piracy as the…

Residents of contested region Abyei chose overwhelmingly to join South Sudan in an unofficial referendum, election officials said Thursday, amid…

Israel's army arrested three senior members of the Islamist Hamas movement overnight, Palestinian security sources said on Thursday, in the…

Israeli troops shot dead a 22-year-old Palestinian early on Thursday during a raid near the northern West Bank city of…

 A Saudi journalist accused of posting tweets deemed insulting to Islam's Prophet Mohammed was on Tuesday freed from detention after…

Prime Minister Tony Abbott declared Australia's longest war at an end during a surprise visit to Afghanistan, with more than…