Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Tuesday said he is withdrawing his bid for parliamentary immunity from prosecution on corruption charges. Israel's longest-serving prime minister issued a Facebook statement saying the immunity proceedings in parliament would have been a...

Mexican migration authorities said they have deported 2,300 Hondurans who illegally crossed over from Guatemala with a caravan heading to the United States. The "assisted return" of the Central Americans took place between January 18 and Monday, according to the interior ministry and the...

China has quarantined millions of people and urged its citizens to delay overseas travel as it scrambles to stop a deadly coronavirus epidemic from spreading further. Authorities also ordered schools and universities to remain closed on Tuesday after extending a national holiday by a week...

Militants attacked Syria’s Banias refinery near the Mediterranean coast, sending divers to plant explosives on underwater pipelines, Syria’s oil ministry said on Monday. The extent of the damage was not immediately clear, though state media reported that technicians were evaluating the...

A renewed drive by President Bashar al-Assad to recapture rebel-held territory in Syria’s northwest sparked a fresh exodus of many thousands of civilians toward Turkey’s border on Monday amid heavy air strikes, aid workers and witnesses said. Syrian regime forces backed by Russian air power...

Germany on Monday urged UN Security Council members to adopt a resolution on Libya to stop continuing military attacks and violations of arms embargo in the war-torn country. Speaking at a news conference in Berlin, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas deplored violations of the cease-fire...

Russian and regime forces in Syria carried out new airstrikes in northwestern Idlib de-escalation zone, killing at least five civilians, according to a Syrian civil defense group. The White Helmets civil defense group said the regime airstrikes killed three civilians -- including two in...

 Iran's foreign minister Monday said Britain, France and Germany had shown "racism" by activating a dispute mechanism in the 2015 nuclear deal. In a televised speech in Tehran, Mohammad Javad Zarif slammed the "illusion" that "only the blue-eyed" could benefit from international law....

Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister said Israelis were not welcome to visit the kingdom after Israel decreed that Saudi citizens could visit its territory under certain circumstances, CNN reported Monday. "Our policy is fixed. We do not have relations with the state of Israel and Israeli...

The Taliban said Monday it had shot down a U.S. military plane in the central Afghan province of Ghazni, killing all personnel on board. "The plane, which was on an intelligence mission, was brought down in Sado Khel area of Deh Yak district of Ghazni province," Zabihullah Mujahid, a...

 Yemen's Houthi rebels made gains Monday against government troops north and east of Sanaa, seizing a strategic road in deadly fighting, loyalist military officials told AFP. The pro-government sources said the rebels had captured the route that connects Sanaa to the provinces of...

Lebanon's parliament on Monday passed the 2020 budget, state media said, as the debt-saddled country struggles to redress a plummeting economy and address anti-establishment protests. Dozens of protesters tried to prevent lawmakers from attending the session and some threw stones at police...

The mother of a US journalist missing in Syria since 2012 on Monday appealed to President Donald Trump for help in securing his release, claiming that one or more senior US officials have blocked talks with the Damascus government on the matter. Debra Tice, appearing at a news conference to...

Projected revenues in Lebanon’s 2020 budget may be unrealistic because of a contraction in the country’s economy, the chairman of the parliamentary budget committee said on Monday, as protesters hurled rocks at police near to where the draft law was under debate. Lebanon is in the throes of...

Yemen's Houthi rebels said Monday they had transferred 64 child soldiers captured during fighting to a rehabilitation centre and planned to release them in two months. The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) said it welcomed the move. Abdulqader al-Murtadha, the head of the Houthis'...

Palestinian prime minister Mohammed Shtayyeh on Monday urged international powers to boycott US President Donald Trump's "peace plan" which they see as biased towards Israel. "This a plan to protect Trump from impeachment and protect (Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin) Netanyahu from prison....

World number one Rafael Nadal weathered a fierce storm from gutsy showman Nick Kyrgios Monday to set up an Australian Open quarter-final against Dominic Thiem and keep alive his quest for a 20th Grand Slam title. The Spanish top seed came through a riveting clash on Rod Laver Arena 6-3,...

Acclaimed Tunisian blogger Lina Ben Mhenni, who chronicled the popular uprising that toppled longtime president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali in 2011, died on Monday aged 36 after a long illness, her family said. Despite the risks, Ben Mhenni for years spoke out against the Ben Ali regime through...

Turkish emergency teams drilled through the rubble Monday, searching for the last two missing quake victims believed trapped beneath a collapsed building after eastern Turkey was slammed by a powerful tremor. The magnitude 6.8 earthquake that struck Friday night killed at least 39 people...

Officials from Libya's two rival governments said fighting erupted Sunday as the country's east-based forces advanced toward the strategic western city of Misrata, further eroding a crumbling cease-fire agreement brokered earlier this month. The clashes came just hours after the United...