Ethiopia's government denied on Monday that northern forces whom its troops have fought for a month would be able to mount a guerrilla insurgency, while diplomats said a United Nations team was shot at while trying to visit a refugee camp. Federal troops have seized the regional capital...

After waking up on Friday, the day he turned 15, Palestinian Ali Ayman Nasr Abu Aliya told his mother Nihad he was hoping for a birthday surprise. Nihad said she had planned to serve maqluba, a traditional lamb and rice dish, at a party later on and had his gifts ready, including a new pair...

Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Monday hosted his Syrian counterpart Faisal Mekdad in Tehran, in the top diplomat's first official visit abroad. During their meeting, the two discussed "bilateral, regional and international issues, as well as the joint fight against...

France welcomed Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi with a cavalry parade through Paris on Monday, but the countries’ hopes of nurturing ties on the trip were overshadowed by a furore over Cairo’s rights record. Both states - which share concerns about instability across the Sahel,...