Middle East

  Syrian President Bashar al-Assad denied that military ally Russia was making decisions for him, but said it was natural…

The Taliban announced its first ceasefire in Afghanistan since the 2001 US invasion on Saturday, with a three-day halt in…

  Qatar’s Foreign Ministry said allowing television channels to broadcast some of the World Cup matches in Russia would only…

  At least 18 people were killed and over 90 wounded in an explosion in Baghdad’s Sadr City district on…

  Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Thursday announced a ceasefire with Taliban insurgents until June 20, coinciding with the end…

  The Israeli military shot dead a Palestinian during a raid in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, saying a…

  An air strike by Turkish warplanes “neutralized” at least six militants of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in…

Jordan’s King Abdullah II has warned that the country is “at a crossroads”, after a week of anti-austerity protests that…

At least 100 people are believed to have died after a boat carrying migrants sank off the coast of Tunisia…

  Attacks by the US-led coalition against Islamic State in the Syrian city of Raqqa last year may have broken…