FIFA President Gianni Infantino (L) meets with South Sudan's President Salva Kiir (R) in Juba on March 23, 2016. Infantino's visit to South...
FIFA President Gianni Infantino (L) meets with South Sudan's President Salva Kiir (R) in Juba on March 23, 2016. Infantino's visit to South...
Prominent Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr speaks during news conference in Najaf, south of Baghdad, March 22, 2016. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani By Saif Hameed...
A picture taken on March 24, 2016, shows smoke rising close to the Palmyra castle (background) during shelling by Syrian troops on the...
An image grab taken from a video released on March 24, 2016 by B'Tselem, an Israeli non-governmental rights organisation, shows an Israeli soldier...
Israeli Defence Minister Moshe Yaalon in Tel Aviv, July 28, 2014. Reuters, Nir Elias Jerusalem: Defence Minister Moshe Yaalon said Thursday that Israel...
Syrian troops stand next to a mansion in the ancient city of Palmyra on March 24, 2016. Backed by Russian warplanes and allied...
Employees work at strengthening the Mosul Dam in northern Iraq, February 3, 2016. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry in late January handed...
Since toppling elected president Mohamed Mursi of the Muslim Brotherhood in mid-2013, general-turned-president Abdel Fattah Sisi (pictured) has overseen a crackdown on opposition...
“I am expecting and hoping ... that the next round of talks will not be focusing on principles again - we have had...
Moroccan Prime Minister Abdelillah Benkirane speaks at the parliament March 12, 2016. AFP RABAT: Morocco’s decision to reduce United Nations staff at the...
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. AFP, Don EMMERT Beirut: UN chief Ban Ki-moon Thursday started a two-day visit to Lebanon aimed at improving...
A most wanted poster provided by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) shows the Iranian hackers wanted for a coordinated campaign of...
Aden: A US air strike on an Al-Qaeda training camp in Yemen this week killed more than 70 fighters, provincial officials said Thursday,...
RABAT: Morocco said on Thursday it had dismantled a suspected militant cell linked to Islamic State's affiliate in Libya and that some of...
(FILES) This file photo taken on March 14, 2014 shows a partial view of the ancient oasis city of Palmyra, 215 kilometres northeast...
Damascus: Pro-government forces pushed a fierce bid to recapture Syria's ancient city of Palmyra from jihadists Thursday as Moscow hosted top US diplomat...
Iraqi security forces and Popular Mobilisation units, pictured in the Makhoul mountains during a military operation against Islamic State (IS) fighters in October...
This file photo taken on March 14, 2014 shows shows a Syrian policeman patrolling the ancient oasis city of Palmyra, 215 kilometres northeast...