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Russia said a convoy of 280 trucks carrying humanitarian aid set off for Ukraine on Tuesday, amid Western warnings against…

The United States will consider additional military, economic and political assistance to Iraq once a new inclusive government is formed,…

Islamic State insurgents who seized a Lebanese border town this month planned to turn Lebanon into another Iraq by unleashing…

Talks to end a month-long war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza have made no progress so far, an Israeli…

Britain's Africa minister Mark Simmonds resigned on Monday, a spokesman for the prime minister's Downing Street office said, becoming the…

Former Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has returned home from a trip overseas, putting an end to speculation she would…

US Secretary of State John Kerry on Monday warned Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki not to cause trouble as he…

Turkey's ruling party begins deliberations on the shape of the next government on Monday after Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan secured…

Israel and the Palestinians held their fire early on Monday at the start of a new 72-hour ceasefire proposed by…

The Palestinians are examining a proposal for a new 72-hour ceasefire in Gaza, a Hamas spokesman told AFP on Sunday.