Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika's offer of a new constitution and a truncated next term has so far failed to satisfy protesters, who faced off with riot police overnight and want their longtime leader out of office now. Crowds of mainly young protesters demonstrated in Algiers late...

Attacks on civilian areas by the Assad regime and Iran-backed terrorist groups have adversely affected education in the Idlib de-escalation zone in northwestern Syria, a local education official said Monday. "Educational activities in districts such as Khan Sheikhoun, Marratinuman and...

The last three African Player of the Year award winners experienced mixed fortunes in the English Premier League at the weekend. Algerian Riyad Mahrez (2016 winner) came off the bench to score the goal that earned leaders Manchester City a 1-0 win at Bournemouth. But Gabonese...

French police are facing a new form of weapon during "Yellow Vest" protests – bags of fecal matter thrown bomb-like by demonstrators. On Saturday, "bags filled with feces were thrown at police and exploded. Three police officers were soaked through with it," Rudy Manna from the Alliance...

Senior European Union and British officials are set to hold more Brexit talks less than a month before the United Kingdom is scheduled to leave the bloc, as U.K. officials denied Monday that attempts to seal a divorce deal are deadlocked. EU and U.K. officials said the bloc's chief...

U.S.-backed fighters have slowed an offensive to take Islamic State’s last enclave in eastern Syria because a small number of civilians remain there, though fierce fighting continues, they said on Monday. Islamic State faces defeat in the last shred of its main territory in Syria and Iraq...

The United States downgraded its diplomatic mission to the Palestinians on Monday, the latest in a series of steps by President Donald Trump's White House Palestinian leaders say is aimed at wiping out their cause. The move, following a decision announced in October, closes the US Jerusalem...

Kurdish-led forces supported by coalition air strikes readied for more evacuations of civilians held as human shields Monday after smashing their way into the jihadists' last bastion in eastern Syria. The Syrian Democratic Forces and its allies from the US-led coalition unleashed a deluge...

Alphabet Inc’s Google has rejected calls by Australia’s competition regulator for tougher scrutiny of its operations, denying that it enjoys market power in online searches and advertising, documents published on Monday showed. The global giant was responding to recommendations made late...

Israeli jet struck a military post belonging to Palestinian group Hamas in the Gaza Strip, the military said late Saturday.  It said an Israeli jet struck a military position belonging to the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, in the central Gaza Strip in response...

U.S. president on Saturday criticized his country's foreign policies in Iraq and Syria, saying that his administration will focus on fixing up America's infrastructure rather than fighting "endless wars". During his two-hour speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC),...

Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido plans to run the risk of arrest by returning home on Monday, after he ignored a court-imposed travel ban and toured Latin American allies to boost support for his campaign to oust President Nicolas Maduro. Guaido’s return, details of which his team...

The United States is trying to prevent simmering tensions between India and Pakistan from impacting a third country: Afghanistan, where a fragile peace push is underway to try to end more than 17 years of war with Taliban insurgents. U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration has been...

 U.S.-backed forces are slowing down their offensive against the last Islamic State pocket in eastern Syria to protect civilians who remain there, a spokesman for a militia force said on Monday, adding that the battle would still “be over soon”. The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) faced...

Palestinians deliberately drove a car into Israeli troops in the occupied West Bank on Monday and two of the attackers were shot dead after critically injuring an officer, the Israeli military said. Describing the incident as a car-ramming, the military said a third Palestinian in the...

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei advised the government last July not to rely on European efforts to protect Tehran against U.S. sanctions, months after Washington withdrew from a nuclear deal with Iran and reimposed penalties. The release of Khamenei’s speech nine months after...

Qatar’s foreign minister said he discussed Syria and Libya with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov who is visiting Doha, the first stop in a Gulf tour. Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani said in joint press conference with Lavrov that a political solution in Syria is the only...

The United States and China are close to reaching a major trade deal that would see both sides lower some of the tariffs imposed during an often-bitter trade war, a report said Sunday. Negotiators for the two sides have made substantial progress and a final accord is close to being hammered...

French President Emmanuel Macron has launched a call for reconciliation with Italy following a diplomatic spat between the neighbours that saw Paris briefly recall its ambassador. Relations between the two countries have fractured due to repeated clashes between centrist Macron and Italy's...

The U.S. consulate in Jerusalem, which serves Palestinians, will be absorbed into the new U.S. Embassy to Israel on Monday, the State Department said, a planned merger that has angered Palestinian leadership. The decision to create a single diplomatic mission in Jerusalem was announced last...