Russia is hosting the United Nations envoy for Syria for talks focusing on future peace negotiations. Speaking at the start of Thursday's meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Staffan de Mistura said it comes at a "delicate important moment." He stressed the importance of...

An attack by Boko Haram militants on the northern Nigerian city of Maiduguri killed 14 people and wounded 24 others, police said on Thursday, the first official toll. Maiduguri is the epicenter of the eight-year fight against Boko Haram which has been trying to set up an ISIS in the...

 Iran's intelligence ministry said on Thursday five of the detained suspects linked to the attacks in Tehran participated in ISIS terrorist activity in Syria's Raqqa and Iraq's Mosul, state TV reported. "They five arrested terrorists were Iranians. They earlier left Iran and conducted...

Israel has advanced plans for a further 1,500 homes in Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank, Peace Now said on Thursday, the second such announcement in a week. More than 3,000 units have been advanced this week, a spokeswoman for the NGO that tracks settlement building in the...