(Zaman Al Wasl)- Warring sides exchanged rocket and gunfire in the northern countryside of Homs city overnight, hours after a Russia-backed truce took effect, a war monitor said on Friday, while heavy rocket fire also marred a similar deal east of the capital Damascus. One man killed...

Syrian opposition activists and state media say an explosion has targeted an office of the Al-Qaeda affiliate in northern Syria, inflicting casualties. Syrian state TV did not provide further details in its report. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says the explosion...

Egypt's state-run news agency says a policeman and a civilian have been killed in a drive-by shooting attack. MENA says two gunmen opened fire from a car in the town of Asna, just south of the ancient city of Luxor, the previous evening. Friday's report cited an Interior Ministry...

An Australian man sent his unsuspecting brother to Sydney airport to catch an Etihad Airways flight carrying a home-made bomb disguised as a meat mincer built at the direction of a senior Islamic State commander, police said on Friday. Detailing one of Australia's worst known militant plots,...