Johannesburg (AFP) - Zambia goes to the polls Tuesday in a tightly contested race to elect a president after a ruling party power struggle following the death of Michael Sata in office last year. The two top contenders are Defence Minister Edgar Lungu, 58, representing...

ISIS militants have executed 13 teenage boys for watching the Asian Cup football match between Iraq and Jordan last week. The young football fans had been caught watching the game on television in the Iraqi city of Mosul, which is controlled by the Islamic State. ...

(Reuters) - Peer pressure from radicalised fighters in Syria and Iraq is more influential in attracting new recruits from Europe than Islamic State (IS) propaganda, according to British experts. The International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation and Political Violence...

 Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- A huge demonstration gathered on Sunday in Yarmouk camp for Palestinian refugees in Damascus, to protest against the starving policy the Syrian regime practices against people by closing all crossing...