Using the hashtag #BlueForSudan, activists, social media influencers and celebrities have begun a viral campaign to express solidarity for protesters in Sudan based simply around the colour blue. International concern has grown in recent days over the situation in Sudan after the military...

A record number of people in South Sudan face a critical lack of food. A new report by the government and the United Nations says almost seven million people, or more than 60% of the population, are at risk. The report released Friday says almost two million people are near starvation nine...

Regime and Russian airstrikes and shelling have killed at least 28 people including seven civilians in embattled northwest Syria, an activist group said Friday, despite a cease-fire announced by Moscow. The civilians were killed in regime airstrikes and shelling on the south of Idlib...

An Australian man pleaded not guilty on Friday to 92 charges stemming from a massacre in two mosques in the New Zealand city of Christchurch three months ago and will stand trial in May next year. A lone gunman armed with semi-automatic weapons attacked Muslims attending Friday prayers in...

Chinese President Xi Jinping told Iran’s president on Friday that China will promote steady development of ties with Iran no matter how the situation changes, Chinese state media said. The official Xinhua news agency said Xi made the comment in a meeting with Iranian President Hassan...

The Toronto Raptors became the first Canadian team to win an NBA title with a 114-110 victory over the two-time defending champion Golden State Warriors Thursday that set off a country-wide celebration. The victory gave the Raptors a 4-2 series win and denied the Warriors a fourth NBA...

Iran said Friday it was responsible for maintaining the security of the Strait of Hormuz in the Gulf, state radio reported, adding that blaming Tehran for attacks on two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman was alarming. "We are responsible for ensuring the security of the Strait and we have...

Saudi forces on Friday intercepted five drones launched by Iran-backed Yemeni rebels, the Arab military coalition said, in a second assault on an airport in the kingdom's southwest in two days. The drones targeted Abha airport, where a rebel missile Wednesday left 26 civilians wounded, and...

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Thursday that the United States has assessed, based on intelligence, type of weapons used and level of expertise needed, that Iran is responsible for the attacks on tankers in the Gulf of Oman. He offered no concrete evidence to back up the...

A rocket fired from Gaza Thursday hit a building in the Israeli border town of Sderot, its municipality said without reporting any casualties. The Israeli army, which said air raid sirens had been triggered in the south of the country, said a "projectile was fired from the Gaza Strip...

U.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday that he appreciated the recent visit by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to Iran to meet leaders, but that he believed it is "too soon to even think about" the United States making a deal with Tehran. "They are not ready, and neither are we!"...

Israeli forces on Thursday arrested three employees of the Jerusalem's Religious Endowments Authority, according to an official. Firas al-Dibs, a spokesman of the Jordan-run authority, said in a statement that the three were captured while carrying out a minor restoration work in the...

Two leading US senators warned President Donald Trump's administration Thursday to not use Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei's access to the US market as a negotiating tool in trade talks with Beijing. Republican Marco Rubio and Democrat Mark Warner, both members of the Senate...

The head of a parliament aligned with forces trying to seize the Libyan capital Tripoli from the internationally backed government said on Thursday there could be no peace talks until they had captured the city. Forces led by Khalifa Haftar launched an offensive on Tripoli in early April...

For 13-year-old Taha Aboud, who dreams of becoming an engineer, war in Libya’s capital Tripoli has meant his family fleeing their home and him missing studies as they searched for a new school. “I’m happy to be back at school. I hope to become a technology engineer one day ...I love it,”...

Belgium will bring six orphans home from Kurdish-controlled camps in Syria after the deaths of their jihadist parents, Finance Minister Alexander De Croo said Thursday. "These are children who were born in our country and who today no longer have parents," the minister told VRT public radio...

 Sudan's state prosecutor's office said Thursday jailed former president Omar al-Bashir had been charged with corruption after the completion of an investigation. Bashir was overthrown and arrested in a coup by the military on April 11 after months of mass protests against his...

The United Nations said on Thursday it had confirmed the killing of 17 people and the burning of more than 100 houses in Deleij village in Sudan’s central Darfur region earlier this week. The United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur also said 15 people were injured and the violence...

After losing her husband, a son and her home to Syria's eight-year war, Yusra al-Shomali and her daughters found refuge in rebel-held territory near the Turkish border. But as a Syrian army offensive intensifies, their safety may be put at risk. Shomali's experience of fear, siege, hunger,...

A senior advisor to the EU's top court said Thursday it was his legal advice that products from Israeli-occupied Arab territories must be clearly labeled as such to avoid misleading consumers. The European Court of Justice is not obliged to follow Advocate General Gerard Hogan's advice, but...