England-born Stuart Baxter was named South Africa coach Thursday for a second time after a saga in which three...
Russia, Iran and Turkey have signed a deal calling for safe zones to be established inside Syria so that refugees can...
Syrian regime allies Russia and Iran and rebel supporter Turkey on Thursday signed a memorandum on a Moscow-backed plan...
Syrian rebels on Thursday resumed participation in peace talks in the Kazakh capital Astana centred around a...
An explosion at a mine in northern Iran on Wednesday left at least 26 workers trapped in a mile-long tunnel filled with...
A closure of the Hodeida port would "bring disaster to Yemen," which is already on the brink of famine, the new head of...
At least 70 coal miners were trapped after an explosion in northern Iran on Wednesday, Iranian media said. The mine in...
Syrian rebels said Wednesday they were suspending participation in a latest round of peace talks aimed at pushing a...
Yemen's commercial food imports are at a record low, driving up the cost of staples in what is now the world's largest...
Syrian rebels on Wednesday said they were suspending their participation as a latest round of peace talks began in...
China plans to launch its own online encyclopaedia next year, hoping to build a "cultural Great Wall" that can rival...
Iran's reformist former president Mohammad Khatami has skirted a media ban to endorse moderate incumbent Hassan Rouhani...
A powerful Saudi royal said Tuesday that there could be no rapprochement between his country and Iran, which he said...
A Syrian rebel delegation has arrived in the Kazakh capital Astana for Russian-led talks aimed at ending the country's...
Israel showed off its new F-35 stealth fighter jets recently delivered from the United States on Tuesday as part of an...
The price of OPEC basket of thirteen crudes stood at $49.26 a barrel on Monday, 1 May, 2017, compared with $49.32 the...
Iran will maintain its support for the Syrian government despite the deaths of hundreds of its advisers and volunteers...
Arab League chief Ahmed Abul Gheit warned Monday that Iran and Israel were the main beneficiaries of turmoil across the...
Is one term presidency becoming the new phenomenon? Former President John Dramani Mahama was voted out after serving...