Islamic State has published a video purporting to show the beheading of three Kurdish peshmerga fighters in northern Iraq by militants who threatened to kill "dozens" more of those being held captive. The six-minute clip, which appeared timed to coincide with celebrations...

(AFP)- US Secretary of State John Kerry and his Iranian counterpart Thursday hailed "progress" in marathon nuclear talks but Washington denied a draft deal was already being circulated. A European negotiator said meanwhile that Iran and six major powers -- the US, China, Russia,...

Israeli authorities allowed 1,000 tonnes of cement paid for by Qatar to enter the devastated Gaza Strip on Thursday, officials said, in the first serious step towards rebuilding the territory. A 50-day war last summer between Israel and Islamist movement Hamas, which controls the...

The foreign minister of Libya's internationally recognised government congratulated the rival Fajr Libya alliance for having taken on fighters from the Islamic State group in the country. Mohamed al-Dayri was speaking a day before Libya's rival parliaments were to resume UN-sponsored...