South Africans have pledged over 13 million rand (approximately $928,000) to assist with humanitarian efforts in Syria, a spokesman for a local NGO behind the initiative has told Anadolu Agency.  Yusuf Abramjee, spokesman for the NGO OperationSA, said telephone pledge lines were made by...

After the United States abstained from voting, the U.N. Security Council Friday passed a resolution demanding Israel stop building settlements on occupied Palestinian territory, a reversal of U.S. practice to protect Israel from United Nations action. The resolution was put forward at the...

ISIS killed 27 Syrian soldiers and allied militiamen in a series of attacks near Palmyra in the past 24 hours, activists said Friday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said ISIS began launching attacks on Syrian government forces and their allies Thursday night and that clashes were...

The weapons used Friday in the hijack of a jet from Libya to Malta were replicas according to the result of an initial forensic examination, Maltese Prime Minister Joseph Muscat said on his Twitter feed. The hijackers, armed with a grenade and pistols, forced the airliner to land in Malta...