Air raid sirens sounded on Tuesday night after at least one rocket fired from the Gaza Strip landed in southern Israel, police said. There were no reports of damage or injuries. The remnants of one rocket were found near the port city of Ashdod, about 20 km north of the Gaza Strip, an...

Seven members of a family were killed in an overnight strike by Saudi-led warplanes on a border village in northern Yemen, residents said, as heavy clashes erupted across the frontier after Houthi fire killed one Saudi citizen. In southern Yemen, the Saudi-led airforce launched nearly 20...

Britain and Russia remain divided over the role of Bashar al-Assad in the Syrian conflict, despite a new pledge to find a solution to the war and counter the rise of Daesh. British Prime Minister David Cameron and Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke on the phone on Monday following...

Iraqi forces have launched a counter-offensive to retake areas of Anbar province recently captured by fighters from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). Al Jazeera's Imran Khan, reporting from Baghdad, said on Tuesday that the first city likely to face an assault from the Iraqi...