Five hostages have escaped from a Sydney cafe besieged by a gunman during Monday morning rush hour, according to local media. The remaining hostages – who include men and women but no children -- are being ordered to stand with their hands against the windows in...

(By Abu Abdullah Al Hourani; Translation by Yusra Ahmed) (Zaman Al Wasl)- Many military formations of the “Southern Front” in the south of Syrian have signed “the defence Treaty” in an attempt to face the coming step. Dr. Ibrahim...

(Reuters) - Libya's eastern Es Sider oil export port, the country's biggest, has been shut due to fighting nearby between forces representing the country's competing governments, an oil official said on Sunday. Air strikes on Saturday by forces loyal to Libya's recognized...

(Reuters) - Islamic State's self-declared police force in western Syria decapitated four men after accusing them of blasphemy, a rights group monitoring the Syrian conflict said on Saturday. The men were beheaded in the countryside east of the city of Homs by the militant...