The UN chief said Monday a fragile Syria ceasefire was holding “by and large” despite “incidents” of fighting at the…
Pakistan on Monday executed a man who killed the governor of Punjab province over his call to reform the country’s…
Two bombings claimed by the ISIL group struck a Shiite area of northern Baghdad on Sunday, killing at least 22…
According to the latest Palestinian figures, since Oct. 1 of last year, at least 186 Palestinians have been killed and…
Air strikes in Yemen have killed 40 people in a market northeast of the capital Sanaa, residents say. (more…)
Suicide bombers targeted an anti-Taliban tribal leader in eastern Afghanistan and the Defense Ministry compound in the capital, Kabul, killing…
The first major truce in Syria's five-year civil war has come into effect. (more…)
A staggering 24 million Pakistani children are out of school, a new government report showed, laying bare the state of…
Twenty-two years have passed since Israeli-American Baruch Goldstein opened fire inside al-Khalil Ibrahimi Mosque, killing 29 and injuring 125. (more…)
The Syrian government and the main opposition umbrella group say they accept the terms of a deal to cease hostilities…