(Reuters) - Eight Iranian border guards were killed by militants in a cross-border raid on the frontier with  Pakistan  on Monday, according to reports in the Iranian media. Sistan-Baluchestan province in southeast Iran has long been plagued by unrest from both drug...

(Reuters) - Islamist militants attacked a Tunisian military checkpoint on Tuesday, killing four soldiers and wounding three others in a raid in a central region bordering Algeria. Tunisian forces have tightened security since gunmen stormed the national Bardo museum in the capital Tunis...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said Turkey and Iran "should play the role of mediator" in the conflicts in Iraq and Syria. During a joint press conference with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in Tehran on Tuesday, Erdogan said "history and culture has been slaughtered in...

More than 540 people have been killed and 1,700 wounded during ongoing fighting in Yemen in recent weeks, according to the World Health Organization. A WHO spokesperson told a press conference in Geneva on Tuesday: "More than 540 people have been killed and some 1,700 others wounded by the...