US calls for Venezuela to allow more aid into the country are just a smokescreen to cover a "foreign invasion", Caracas's ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva said Tuesday. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Sunday urged Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to open the border to...

The Tunisian authorities have detained 24 “armed Europeans” who recently crossed into the country from Libya, according to local officials. “An armed group consisting of 13 French nationals attempted to cross the border in 4x4 vehicles at the Ras Jedir crossing on Sunday,” Interior Minister...

Egypt’s parliament has approved a constitutional amendment by which presidential terms will be extended from four to six years in duration, according to state-run daily Al-Ahram. In a Tuesday voting session, MPs also voted in favor of allowing President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to run for a...

The foreign ministers of 14 Arab states on Tuesday attended the fifth meeting of the Russian-Arab Cooperation Forum in the capital Moscow. Speaking at a news conference following the meeting, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said all the participants spoke in favor of applying...

The revelation that a New Zealand nurse has been detained in Syria for five years has prompted tensions between the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the New Zealand government, with the prime minister, Jacinda Ardern, criticising the aid agency for releasing details of the...

Sudanese protesters have hardened their stand, demanding a transitional military council be scrapped and immediately replaced with civilian rule as Tuesday they refused to end a days-long sit-in outside army headquarters. Organizers fear the army is seeking to hijack the revolution on the...

Iran's lawmakers have overwhelmingly approved a bill labeling U.S. forces in the Middle East as terrorist, a day after the U.S. terrorism designation for Iran's Revolutionary Guard formally took effect. State TV says Defense Minister Gen. Amir Hatami introduced the bill authorizing the...

Liverpool are working with Merseyside Police to find and ban the supporter who threw a flare into the away fans section during Sunday's clash against Chelsea, the Premier League club said Tuesday. Police confirmed Monday that a flare was thrown from the upper section of the Anfield Road...

A community of Syrians who converted to Christianity from Islam is growing in Kobani, a town besieged by Islamic State for months, and where the tide turned against the militants four years ago. The converts say the experience of war and the onslaught of a group claiming to fight for...

A court in Western-allied Bahrain sentenced 139 people to jail on terrorism charges on Tuesday and revoked the citizenship of all but one of them, the public prosecutor said, in the latest mass trial in the Gulf Arab state. Bahrain, which hosts the U.S. Navy’s Fifth Fleet, has prosecuted...

Israel’s president said on Tuesday a majority of parliament members had advised him to have Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu form a government after the April 9 election, effectively ensuring his nomination. In office for the past decade, Netanyahu won a fifth term despite an announcement...

Italy's competition authority said Tuesday it had opened an investigation into Amazon for possible abuse of its dominant position in online commerce and logistics. The authority said it suspected that the retail giant had been giving preferential exposure to third-party vendors on its...

Tayeb Belaiz, head of Algeria’s Constitutional Council, has announced his resignation amid continued popular demonstrations demanding the departure of all government officials affiliated with former President Abdelaziz Bouteflika. “Belaiz has tendered his resignation to the head of state,...

French riot police brutally attacked at least two "journalists" covering Yellow Vest protests in the southern city of Toulouse, video footage has shown. Sharing the video on his Twitter account, French journalist Nicolas Gregoire for Medium.com said: "In Toulouse, the police seize and...

European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker said Tuesday the European Union can focus unhindered on building its own future now that Britain has a longer delay to work out its troubled exit. Speaking to the European Parliament, Juncker also insisted Britain cooperate with the EU during...

Forces of the UN-backed unity government carried out an airstrike on Tuesday on a military camp belonging to East Libya-based commander Khalifa Hafter in the southern city of Al-Jufrah, according to local media. The attack targeted the camp in the oasis town of Houn in southern Libya, 218...

Police in London have arrested more than 100 activists overnight in ongoing climate change protests that brought London to a standstill as some main roads in the city have been blocked since Monday morning. As of Tuesday morning, "there have been 113 arrests in total, the majority of which...

Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif arrived in Syrian capital Damascus on Tuesday, according to the official IRNA news agency. Zarif is scheduled to meet with Bashar al-Assad and other top regime officials during the visit. The top diplomat's one-day visit comes upon an official...

Asian markets rose Tuesday after a slow start to the day, as investors brushed off a weak lead from Wall Street while looking ahead for the release of Chinese growth data. With few catalysts to drive business regional equities at first struggled for traction but picked up as the day wore...

Israeli forces detained eight Palestinians in overnight raids carried out across the occupied West Bank, according to the military on Tuesday. In a statement, the army said that the individuals had been detained for “suspected involvement in popular hostile activities”. It did not...