Moscow believes that Washington's bet on using of force in U.S. President Donald Trump's new strategy for Afghanistan is "a dead end", Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told a news conference on Thursday. Trump has approved an extended American presence in Afghanistan, although neither...

An Israeli court Thursday charged a Islamic preacher with incitement to terrorism in connection with deadly unrest at a Jerusalem holy site last month, the justice ministry said. It said that 1948 Palestinian Raed Salah was charged in Haifa magistrates' court on a total of six counts, also...

( The Guardian )- Dozens of people are feared killed in an airstrike by the Saudi-led coalition on a small hotel north of the Yemeni capital, the latest mass casualty event in a war that is now in its third year. News agencies quoted local officials and aid groups as saying at least 35...

The Syrian army and its allies have surrounded Islamic State forces in a second large enclave in the center of the country, a military media unit run by Hezbollah said on Thursday. The Syrian military advanced south from southern areas of Raqqa province, joining up with their forces north of...