Iraqi forces said they faced tough resistance Monday from Daesh (ISIS) fighters driven out of the city of Tal Afar to a small town where they had "nothing to lose" by fighting to the end. An advance by the Iraqi army and Shi'ite paramilitary groups into al-'Ayadiya was being slowed by...

Hamas and Iran have patched up relations, the Palestinian militant group’s new leader in Gaza said on Monday, and Tehran is again its biggest backer after years of tension over the civil war in Syria. “Relations with Iran are excellent and Iran is the largest supporter of the Izz el-Deen...

Moscow Monday slammed new U.S. sanctions on Venezuela, saying they were aimed at damaging the Latin American nation's economy and aggravating tensions. "The announced sectoral sanctions against Venezuela's financial and oil sector are quite obviously aimed at aggravating the out-of-balance...

A South African legal rights group Monday took the government to court in a campaign pressing for new legislation to recognize Muslim marriages as legally valid. The Women's Legal Centre (WLC) said it was lobbying against "unfair discrimination" as South African law does not grant religious...