A New Zealand nurse abducted with two drivers in Syria in 2013 may still be alive, the International Committee of the Red Cross has revealed for the first time in an appeal for news of her whereabouts. Louisa Akavi was snatched along with Syrian drivers Alaa Rajab and Nabil Bakdounes while...

The Israeli army says it's investigating the fatal shooting of a Palestinian man by an Israeli civilian earlier this month near the occupied West Bank city of Nablus. The inquiry comes the same day as Sunday's announcement by Israeli rights group B'Tselem saying it found inconsistencies in...

Syria adopted new measures Sunday to curb fuel shortages Bashar Assad's regime has blamed on strangling Western sanctions on the war-torn country. Syrian authorities are seeking to "regulate the distribution at petrol stations" and to ensure even deliveries across to country while...

 Sudan’s main protest group demanded the immediate handover of power to a civilian transitional government on Sunday, saying it would keep up the street demonstrations which ousted former President Omar al-Bashir last week to achieve its aims. Sudanese Professionals’ Association...