The United Nations Security Council is due to vote on a draft resolution that would demand Israel "immediately and completely cease all settlement activities in the occupied Palestinian territory,...
Fethullah Gülen, a renowned Turkish Islamic scholar, preacher and social advocate, has condemned the assassination of Russia’s Ambassador to Turkey, Andrey Karlov, in Ankara. The gunman – an...
The US military will hand over 9,909 acres (4,000 hectares) of Okinawan land to Japan on Thursday in what's been lauded as the largest return of US-occupied land since 1972. But there's a catch. As...
Congo has seen series of violent clashes in recent times Clashes between police and a militia led by a Christian pastor in northwestern Congo's Mongala province killed 15 militiamen and three...
Bana Alabed - the seven-year-old Syrian who tweeted about life inside rebel-held east Aleppo - has met Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Bana and her little brother have been pictured sitting...
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for Tuesday's bomb attack Seven people have been killed and 15 wounded in a bomb attack on the offices of an Iranian Kurdish opposition party in...
Ethiopian authorities have clarified that leading opposition figure and Chairman of the Oromo Federalist Congress (OFC), Dr Merera Gudina is in detention for flouting state of emergency rules. The...
At least four policemen and one suspect have been killed in clashes on the outskirts of Karak city in southern Jordan after security officers stormed an apartment, according to security sources. Two...
ISIL claimed responsibility for Monday's lorry attack on a Christmas market in Berlin as German investigators said they were pursuing multiple leads. The claim came at the end of a challenging day...
Russia’s intelligence services are to develop extra security measures for its embassies following the killing of its ambassador to Turkey. Andrei Karlov was shot dead as he gave a speech on Monday...
At least two civilians were killed overnight in Democratic Republic of the Congo when soldiers opened fire during clashes in the neighbourhood of Kingabwa, two witnesses said. Violence erupted on...
Heavy gunfire and injuries have been reported in the village of Wesya in the southern Jordan province of Karak after security officers stormed an apartment. Tuesday's violence came shortly after the...
The Western Regional Police commander, DCOP Akuriba Yaagy says the police and the military command in the region have resolved last Sunday’s “unfortunate” attack by some military personnel on...
The US embassy in Ankara and other consulates in Turkey were closed on Tuesday after an individual fired shots in front of the mission in the capital. Turkish police have detained the man, who took...
German police are investigating a “probable terrorist attack” after a man ploughed a lorry into a Christmas market in the heart of Berlin, killing 12 people and injuring 48. The driver,...
Gunfire could be heard in several districts of Kinshasa early Tuesday as demonstrators demanded that Kabila steps down after his mandate expired at midnight. A chief diplomat to Congolese president...
German police are investigating a "probable terrorist attack" after a man ploughed a lorry into a Christmas market in the heart of Berlin, killing 12 people and injuring 48. The driver is an Afghan...
A tractor trailer barreled into a crowded Christmas market in Berlin on Monday night, killing 12 people and injuring 48 others. Witnesses said shoppers screamed and dropped packages and glasses of...
The investigation into the killing of the Russian ambassador to Ankara is focusing on possible links to the Gulen movement, a senior official with Turkey's ruling party told Al Jazeera. The Gulen...
The UN Security Council has adopted a resolution calling for UN officials and others to monitor the mass evacuations from rebel-held east Aleppo and the safety of civilians still there. Some 13,000...
