If the United States mistakenly struck Syrian government troops in an airstrike, "we regret doing so, especially the loss of lives”, a U.S. official told Anadolu Agency on Saturday. "The coalition aircraft conducting the mission believed they were striking ISIL forces near Dayr Az Zawr,"...

Tunisia has extended the current state of emergency for another month, the Tunisian Presidency has announced. A statement said after consulting the premier and head of the national assembly on national security issues, President Beji Caid Essebsi decided to extend the state of emergency from...

Israeli police have detained 20 Arab Israelis belonging to the Balad political party after an investigation into their finances. A police statement said they detained officials, activists, lawyers and accountants during Sunday morning raids. It said the party was suspected of hiding the...

A Somali general and at least seven of his bodyguards were killed on Sunday when their vehicle was rammed by a car bomb driven by an al Shabaab suicide attacker in the capital, police and the Islamist group said. Al Shabaab, which frequently launches attacks on officials in Mogadishu, staged...