It would be "unthinkable" for eastern Libyan forces to join a U.N.-backed unity government until militias aligned to it have been disbanded, General Khalifa Haftar, who heads up troops in the east, said in an interview broadcast on Friday. A December unity deal was meant to end the divide...

Russia has proposed to the U.S.-led coalition that they stage joint airstrikes on Syrian rebels, including militant Islamist group Nusra Front, who are not observing a ceasefire, Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Friday. Such action would begin as of May 25 and be coordinated with...

Pakistani security forces have killed a senior al Qaeda commander and 13 other militants this week in raids aimed at weeding violent Islamists out of the heartland province of Punjab, security officials said on Friday. The two raids in the south of Punjab were part of a sweeping operation that...

 Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Eqtsad)- Bread is no longer the untouchable red line, as the Syrian regime has broken its promises to keep the price of bread affordable for all people, but now bread price has almost doubled accompanied with reducing production. The price of a bag of bread...