A handful of foreigners remain missing in war-torn Syria, even after the announced fall of the Islamic State group "caliphate" last month following years of abductions and executions. The International Committee of the Red Cross Monday appealed for news of a New Zealand nurse believed...

Egypt’s parliament will vote on Tuesday on constitutional amendments including an extension to President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s current four-year-term, its speaker, Ali Abdelaal, said on Sunday. Proposed constitutional amendments had previously suggested that Sisi would be allowed to...

A New Zealand nurse abducted with two drivers in Syria in 2013 may still be alive, the International Committee of the Red Cross has revealed for the first time in an appeal for news of her whereabouts. Louisa Akavi was snatched along with Syrian drivers Alaa Rajab and Nabil Bakdounes while...

Syria adopted new measures Sunday to curb fuel shortages Bashar Assad's regime has blamed on strangling Western sanctions on the war-torn country. Syrian authorities are seeking to "regulate the distribution at petrol stations" and to ensure even deliveries across to country while...