(Sky News)- A Syrian girl who has shared the horrors of living in Aleppo has revealed her home was destroyed and she narrowly escaped death as government forces battle to retake control of a district in the city. Seven-year-old Bana Alabed has been tweeting from the devastated city as...

Israel's air force targeted gunmen linked to ISIS in Syria overnight, the army said Monday, after they fired on an Israeli soldier in the occupied Golan Heights. "Overnight the (Israeli air force) targeted an abandoned UN building that has been used by the Islamic State as an operations...

Iraq's sectarian political leaders have plunged back into a dispute over the status of Shi'ite armed groups, undermining efforts to reunite the country as its troops press on with the assault of Mosul, Islamic State's biggest stronghold. Forty days into the biggest ground offensive in Iraq...

The ability of Australian telecoms company Telstra Corporation (TLS.AX) to offset the fall in its traditional revenue streams by diversifying into a range of technology and other businesses is in doubt. So far, Telstra's funding of 44 startups since 2013, the A$235 million ($175 million)...