The U.N. refugee agency said Friday it was gravely concerned about a deterioration in conditions for migrants held in Libyan detention centres that had led to riots and hunger strikes. Many migrants are taken to the centres after being intercepted by Libya's EU-backed coastguard as they...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syria's second largest oilfield has been operating again after almost one year since the US-backed Kurdish forces took the oil-rich area from Daesh in eastern Syria, satellite images showed. The Tanak oilfield, which contains about 150 wells, fell under the control the...

Clashes have broken out between Taliban militants and government forces in Afghanistan forcing some civilians to flee from their homes near the city of Ghazni, which the militants stormed this month, officials said Friday. The Taliban raided three villages on the outskirts of Ghazni...

Civilians were killed in western Yemen on Thursday in a missile strike for which the Huthi rebels and a Saudi-led coalition fighting them traded blame. The rebel-run Saba news agency said women and children were among at least 31 people killed or wounded in an air strike that hit a bus...