Thailand's prime minister denied assisting Myanmar's military amid an ongoing crackdown against pro-democracy protesters...

The Israeli military has carried out overnight airstrikes against the besieged Gaza Strip. Early on Wednesday, Israeli warplanes and helicopters bombed targets in the blockaded enclave, claiming that they were positions held by the Palestinian resis...

US President Joe Biden implored Congress on Tuesday to enact new gun control laws, including an assault rifle ban, after the US suffered its second mass shootings in as many weeks...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party is leading in Knesset elections but has failed to secure a solid parliamentary majority, according to the results of exit polls announced late Tuesday by Israeli TV channels...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has criticized Western governments for failing to fulfill their responsibility to the thousands of detained people linked to Daesh/ISIS in northeast Syria...

Lebanese President Michel Aoun asked for diplomatic assistance on Tuesday in an attempt to overcome the political deadlock surrounding the attempted formation of the country’s new government...

It is not only Israelis who are becoming accustomed to their endless rounds of elections — this week’s being the fourth in two years...

A total of 36 per cent of Jordanians trust the current Lower House and 38 per cent trust lawmakers of their constituencies, which is the highest percentage since 2014, a poll conducted by the University of Jordan’s Centre for Strategic Studies (CSS...

Lebanon’s financial crisis intensified on Monday after Prime Minister-designate Saad al-Hariri publicly repudiated President Michel Aoun, saying the latter wanted to dictate cabinet membership and grant veto powers on policy to his political allies...

At least one person was killed in a bomb attack on Tuesday in the Iraqi capital, local media reported...

Donald Trump has accused U.S. press outlets of ignoring President Joe Biden's repeated stumbles on the stairs of Air Force One, and suggested Vice President Kamala Harris will soon take over the Oval Office...

Wrapping up a 5-day visit to Sudan, UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem congratulated the transitional government and people of Sudan for the democratic transition under way in the country...

Israelis on Tuesday headed out to cast votes in the Knesset elections. This is the fourth time in two years elections are being held in Israel as political deadlock persists...

The foreign ministers of Canada and the UK and the US Secretary of State released a joint statement Monday expressing concern over the Chinese government’s “human rights violations and abuses” in its Xinjiang region against Uyghur Muslims...

MP Osama Al-Shaheen forwarded queries to 15 ministers asking about the procedures they have taken to enforce law number 21/1964 on boycotting Israel...

When the Justice and Development Party won the elections to rule Turkey, Muslims viewed the party as a moderate voice in Europe, and believed that it would work to promote the moderate face of Islam after being distorted by various terror movements t...

The European Union and the United States have leveled new rounds of sanctions against Myanmar military leadership over its February coup and subsequent escalation of violence deployed against protesters...

UN human rights experts have called on Lebanon’s government to “ensure a credible and effective investigation” into the assassination prominent intellectual and Hezbollah critic Luqman Slim...

Saudi Arabia on Monday proposed a cease-fire plan to the Houthi rebel group in Yemen.  "We hope the Houthis will respond [positively] to the initiative, avoid bloodshed of Yemenis and provide an opportunity for a political solution," Saudi Fore...

A huge fire has broken out at a nursing home in upstate New York, with multiple people trapped.  Fire and rescue are on the scene at Evergreen Nursing Home in Spring Valley, where the roof has reportedly collapsed...