Caught between the hope of securing a lasting foothold in the Middle East and the fear of inheriting an impossible situation, Russia is trying to re-gauge its Syrian policy with possible support from...

TEL AVIV, Eliyahu Kamisher (dpa) - The Doha-based broadcaster Al Jazeera attacked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday over the latter's attempt to close its Jerusalem news bureau,...

KUALA LUMPUR, Haylena Krishnamoorthy (dpa) - The trial of two women accused of the murder of Kim Jong Nam, the half brother of the North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, is to begin on October 2, a...

Washington ( dpa) - The new White House communications director on Saturday purged his personal Twitter account of tweets that he said could be seen as a "distraction" in his new role.  Anthony...

Jerusalem - Israeli authorities removed all remaining security measures at an entrance to Jerusalem's al-Aqsa Mosque early Thursday, an Israel police spokeswoman said, after their installation over...

Stockholm – Sweden's Prime Minister Stefan Lofven was expected to comment Thursday on opposition demands that three cabinet members resign over a scandal involving a state agency that outsourced IT...

Helsinki - Russian President Vladimir Putin was set to travel to neighbouring Finland Thursday for a one-day working visit and talks with his Finnish counterpart.   Putin and Finnish President...

CAIRO, Lobna Monieb (dpa)– One Jordanian died and two others, including an Israeli, were injured on Sunday by gunfire inside the Israeli embassy compound in the capital Amman, Jordanian security...

Paris (dpa) - The German Social Democratic Party (SPD) candidate for chancellor, Martin Schulz, was due to meet French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris on Thursday.   Schulz, who is...