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The Israeli military says it has carried out a wide-scale strike on Iranian targets in Syria following a rocket attack on the Israeli-controlled Golan

Syrian state media says at least seven civilians have been killed in the city of Aleppo amid shelling from rebel-held areas in the countrys northwest

More than 15 civilians, including six children, seeking shelter in a Syrianrefugee camp near the Turkish border were killed on Wednesday after it was hit by ballistic missiles fired by pro-government forces. Two missiles hit the camp close to a maternity hospital shortly after 8.20pm local time in the

Civilians killed and dozens more injured after missile attack near Qah, Idlib province

Russia has condemned what's being called the largest Israeli attack in over nine months.

Russian air raids, regime strikes in Syria kill 14: monitor

Russian tour operators have started promoting organised tours to Syria, despite warnings to avoid the war-torn country.

A Britain-based war monitoring group said the Israeli airstrikes killed 11 people, including seven non-Syrians who are most likely Iranians

The strikes came a day after rockets were fired across the border into Israel.

Israel's military says the strikes inside Syria were in response to rockets fired by Iranian forces.

Syrian anti-aircraft defences on Wednesday intercepted a "heavy attack" by Israeli warplanes over the capital Damascus, state media said. "At 1:20 am (2320 GMT) on Wednesday, Israeli warplanes... targeted the vicinity of the city of Damascus with a number of missiles," SANA news

The U.S. military said the cause of the Wednesday crash in Logar province south of the capital, Kabul, was still under investigation but preliminary reports did not indicate it was caused by enemy

U.S. President Donald Trump traveled to Dover Air Force Base in Delaware on Thursday to receive the remains of two American soldiers killed in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan this week.

President Trump and first lady Melania Trump paid their respects Thursday evening to two Army officers who were killed this week in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan.

WASHINGTON (AP) President Donald Trump was to pay respects Thursday to a pair of Army officers who were killed in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan. Trump has said the...

An American and an Australian who were freed by the Taliban Tuesday after three years in captivity are receiving treatment at a U.S. military hospital in southern Germany, officials said.

U.S. President Donald Trump has called Pakistans prime minister Imran Khan and Afghan president Ashraf Ghani to thank them for facilitating the release of an American and an Australian who were held hostage by the Taliban since 2016

The Pentagon identified two Apache helicopter pilots killed in Afghanistan earlier this week.

Earlier this week, Afghan government released three Taliban commanders in exchange for two Western captives.

Afghanistans first female ambassador to the United Nations has started a U.N. group to protect the rights Afghan women gained after the Taliban was ousted from power 18 years ago, amid fresh efforts to rekindle talks to end the countrys long-running war

Two U.S. service members were killed in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan. The military said initial reports indicate the crash was not caused by enemy fire.

The largest infrastructural project of the 19th century annexed the Middle East into the fossil-fuels complex

Egypt will launch its first communication satellite into orbit on Friday, a move it says will improve its communications infrastructure and internet services and attract investment.

One of the sons of Egypt's former autocratic President Hosni Mubarak says his 78-year-old mother and former first lady is in hospital.

Lebanon's caretaker information minister and two former telecoms ministers could face trial on charges of wasting public funds after their cases were referred to a special judicial panel set up to try top officials.

Taymour El-Hadidi collected concrete blocks, red bricks and glass bottles to build his environmentally conscious home.

Mohamed Ali, whose videos revealed corruption, is to coordinate efforts to force out President Sisi

Egypt beat South Africa 3-0 in the U23 Afcon semi-finals on Tuesday night, and we take a look at the social media reaction from around the continent.

Seven-time African champions Egypt appeared to be a pale shadow of their former selves during the recent Afcon 2021 qualifiers.

CAIRO (AP) A senior U.S. official warned Egypt on Monday that if it purchases Russian fighter jets it risks American sanctions. R. Clarke Cooper, the State Departments assistant secretary...

A Coptic Christian woman in Egypt is taking on the country's unequalIslamic inheritance laws that mean female heirs inherit half that of men.

/PRNewswire/ -- On November 14, 2019, the MINISO x Marvel IP store was opened in Cairo Festival Shopping Center in Egypt. Local consumers and loyal Marvel fans...

A J&K Police spokesperson said that the Pakistani national, identified as Shabir Ahmad, a resident of Pajkote in PoK, was repatriated via Teetwal in Kupwara on Thursday afternoon.

India says normalcy has returned in most areas in Indian-controlled Kashmir but the detention of politicians and the blockade of the internet and social media are continuing

India's home minister said Wednesday that normalcy has returned in most areas in Indian-controlled Kashmir but the detention of politicians and the blockade of the internet and social media were continuing because of security concerns.

Economic losses in Kashmir have run well over a billion dollars since India revoked its autonomy and statehood in August, the main trade body in the Himalayan region said, adding that it planned to sue the government for damages. India turned its erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir into a federally-controlled

LAHORE, Pakistan/ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif left Pakistan on Tuesday in an air ambulance to seek medical treatment in London, his party said, a month after the three-time premier was released on bail from a seven-year prison sentence for corruption. Sharif, 69, was accompanied

Pakistans ailing former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, who was convicted of corruption, left the country on Tuesday to travel to London for medical treatment.

Economic losses in Kashmir have run well over a billion dollars since India revoked its autonomy and statehood in August, the main trade body in the Himalayan region said, adding that it planned to sue the government for damages. India turned its erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir into a federally-controlled

Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif left Pakistan on Tuesday in an air ambulance to receive medical treatment in London, his party said on Tuesday, a month after the three-time premier was released on bail from a seven-year sentence for corruption.

The International Tennis Federation has rejected Pakistan's appeal against the decision to move its Davis Cup tie with India to a neutral venue and the fixture will be played in Kazakhstan, the Indian tennis association (AITA) told Reuters on Tuesday.

Imran Khan's government was reluctant to release Sharif, but a court ruled in the ex-PM's favour.

Pakistans ailing convicted former PM Sharif leaves country for medical treatment in London

Pakistans ailing convicted former PM Sharif leaves country for medical treatment in London

Three people died and 24 were wounded in renewed clashes in central Baghdad between anti-government demonstrators and security forces, bringing the death toll

Iraqi security and hospital officials say three people have died and 24 wounded in renewed clashes in central Baghdad between anti-government demonstrators and security forces, bringing the total death toll for the day to seven.

BAGHDAD - The Latest on anti-government protests in Iraq (all times local):

Iraqi officials: 2 anti-government protesters killed in clashes with security forces overnight in Baghdad

Anti-government demonstrators in southern Iraq shut roads to two major ports and a key oil field Wednesday, port officials and AFP correspondents said, leading to a brief operational halt. Correspondent in oil-rich Basra province saw protesters block access routes to the ports of Khor al-Zubair and

The neighbourhood offers a window into the passions driving the current protests and its roots in southern Iraqs tradition of defiance.

Iraqi protesters shut roads to ports, oil fields

Sadr City residents have come in droves to Baghdads protests, driven by anger at the Iraq governments neglect and fueled by their long history of defiance.

Iraqi security officials: At least 27 protesters wounded in renewed clashes overnight in central Baghdad

Iraqi security officials say anti-government demonstrators in the south have blocked roads leading to the countrys main port while protesters in Baghdad

The 9/11 Museum is taking visitors deep into the hunt for Osama bin Laden with a new exhibit that includes recently declassified information.

New York exhibition details 10-year hunt for Bin Laden

A chilling new exhibit at the 9/11 Museum, Revealed: The Hunt for Bin Laden, centers on the decade-long search and seizure of the Al Qaeda mastermind of 9/11.

The 9/11 Museum is taking visitors into the hunt for Osama bin Laden.

The Sudanese man pleaded guilty at a military commission in exchange for repatriation in 2012 and emerged in Qaeda propaganda in Yemen three years later.

An Ohio man accused of plotting a July 4 bomb attack in Cleveland last year pleaded guilty on Tuesday to a federal charge of attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization, U.S. law enforcement officials said.

Five people were killed this week by a rampaging elephant that terrified villagers have dubbed Laden after the murderous terror leader Usama bin Laden, according to reports.

President Trump has repeatedly claimed, falsely, that his 2000 book The America We Deserve predicted terrorism and Osama bin Laden.

President Trump deserves credit for ordering the operation that killed Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.

President Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani was the subject of jokes after accidentally writing al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden was "Ben Laden" in a tweet.

President Donald Trump falsely boasted that he predicted Osama bin Ladens 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center.