MOSUL, IRAQ (dpa)- Iraqi forces on Saturday killed six Islamic State operatives in the extremist militant group's former stronghold of Mosul, according to a security commander. Backed by US-led air...

NEW YORK (dpa)- The UN Security Council voted to extend humanitarian aid to Syria for 12 months on Tuesday - with an abstention from Russia. This is the first action on Syria by the Security Council...

CAIRO (dpa)- Protracted feuds in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) are opening a wide "hunger gap" between countries hit by violence and those that aren't, a UN report warned on Thursday. In...

BENGHAZI, LIBYA (dpa)- The mayor of Libya's third largest city, Misrata, was found dead shortly after his arrival from Turkey, witnesses and local media reported. Mayor Mohamed Shetewi was kidnapped...

TEL AVIV (dpa)- Palestinian officials will not meet with members of Donald Trump's administration to discuss US efforts to renew peace negotiations, following the president's decision to recognize...

MOSCOW, Thomas Koerbel and Frank Fuhrig (dpa)- A tip from US intelligence helped Russian security agencies thwart a bombing plot against targets in St Petersburg, including Kazan Cathedral, the...

WASHINGTON (dpa) - The Pentagon said Thursday that a Syrian opposition group that is a part of the coalition fighting Islamic State has killed more than 20 fighters belonging to the terrorist group....

BEIRUT (dpa)- Syria has strongly condemned a statement made by UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura where he accused the country's government delegation of being responsible for a lack of...

STOCKHOLM, Lennart Simonsson (dpa) – Representatives of an anti-nuclear weapons campaign group pledged to abolish the "ultimate evil" and "insanity" of nuclear weapons after receiving the 2017 Nobel...