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A senior Palestinian official died Wednesday after being beaten by Israeli forces during a protest march in the West Bank,…

Three journalists from the Syrian opposition television channel Orient News were killed in the southwest of the country when a missile…

France's last remaining hostage, Serge Lazarevic, arrived home Wednesday after three years at the hands of Islamist militants, to be…

More than 3,400 people have died in the Mediterranean this year trying to reach Europe, the UN refugee agency said…

Saudi authorities have extended the detention of two women's rights activists, one of whom tried to drive into the kingdom…

The Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria on Tuesday posted photographs appearing to show jihadists throw a "gay" off…

The Sudanese government and rebels said they failed to agree on a ceasefire as three weeks of negotiations to end…

Leaders of energy-rich Gulf monarchies meet on Tuesday to hammer out a common strategy to fight the threat from Islamic…

The UNICEF lamented 2014 as being an extremely harsh year for millions of children who were absorbed into violent clashes…

The Israeli military committed war crimes during its Gaza offensive this summer and must be investigated, human rights monitor Amnesty…