The father of a British man volunteering with the Kurdish-led YPG forces in Syria fighting Islamic State has been arrested and charged with terrorism offences in the first such case in the U... Read more

An Italian ski resort is endeavouring to become the first in Europe to ban plastic after discovering that a nearby glacier contained a significant amount of microplastics. The use of plastic... Read more

Triumphant after quashing a mini-revolt within his party, Benjamin Netanyahu faces what is likely to be a gruelling campaign to win Israel’s third national election in a year with damning co... Read more

Boris Johnson should reconsider his refusal to extend the 11-month timeframe available for agreeing a deal on the future relationship with the EU after Brexit, Ursula von der Leyen has sugge... Read more

Cash-strapped Lebanon’s central bank governor Thursday said he would investigate reports of large transfers of money abroad, which if confirmed, would mark a violation of banking restr... Read more

Japan will send a warship and patrol planes to protect Japanese ships in the Middle East as the situation in the region, from which it sources nearly 90% of its crude oil imports, remains vo... Read more

The Russian Orthodox Church said Thursday it has cut ties with the leader of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria and all Africa, Patriarch Theodore II, after he recognized Ukraine... Read more

A passenger plane carrying nearly 100 people crashed near the city of Almaty in Kazakhstan on Friday after take-off, slamming into a house in an accident that killed 12 people and injured do... Read more

More than 235,000 people have fled the northwestern Idlib region over the past two weeks, the United Nations said Friday, amid heightened regime and Russian attacks on Syria’s last maj... Read more

Mohammed Abdul Ghaffar   “Evil and calamity are warded off by their love, and charity and blessings are lured by it. They are mentioned after mentioning God in every obligatory prayer,... Read more

Sharif Abdel Zaher The Libyan National Army (LNA) launched a new operation, codenamed “Operation Decisive Battle” on December 12, with the aim of purging Libyan capital Tripoli o... Read more

Ahmed Adel   Somalia is likely to encounter a future full of threats and challenges, particularly over countering Al-Shabaab and Daesh terrorist groups, especially after the withdrawal... Read more

Mahmud al-Batakoshi The Turkish lira has been losing value against all foreign currencies since Turkey started interfering in Syria. The US dollar now pegs at 5.88 liras, which contributes t... Read more

Sarah Rashad   The year 2019 did not mark a significant shift in Turkey’s priorities since the start of the Arab Spring. Ankara continued its efforts towards empowering Islamist groups,... Read more

Republican US Senator Lisa Murkowski has said she was “disturbed” by the Senate leader’s approach to working with White House counsel on the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, sayi... Read more