Over 700 people were detained in Belarus during mass protests against the re-election of the country's authoritarian leader in a disputed election - the harshest crackdown in weeks on protesters. The Belarusian Interior Ministry reported Monday that 713 people were detained during rallies...

American forces conducted over the past couple days several airstrikes in support of Afghan security force under attack by Taliban in the southern Helmand province, the spokesman for the US military in Afghanistan said Monday. Col. Sonny Leggett confirmed on his twitter account that the...

Mosques across Syria held prayers calling for rain yesterday, in an effort to ease a drought that recently hit the country. The prayers were said to have been ordered by Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad. The Middle East was hit by wildfires in recent weeks, forcing thousands of people...

Syrian regime forces attacked Iranian militia sites in the eastern governorate of Deir Ez-Zor and controlled an oil field which was previously held by the Iranian militiamen, local media sources reported. The sources said the National Defence forces, in cooperation with the Republican...