Somalia’s Western-backed government forces have launched a major attack against Islamist militants in the capital, Mogadishu.

Obama needs to spell it out to the Israeli government: your weapons of mass destruction are just as dangerous as Iran’s

The UN has appealed for a total of $543m in humanitarian aid to help more than 1.6 million people displaced by fighting in north-west Pakistan.

GAZA, May 21 (Xinhua) — The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) Thursday criticized the new Palestinian government as an obstacle on the way of the inter-Palestinian dialogue.

MAOZ ESTHER, West Bank (AP) — Israeli security forces demolished a minor Jewish settlement outpost in the West Bank on Thursday, three days after President Barack Obama told visiting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that he must halt settlement activity.

Prisons inspector brands Parkhurst a failing jail, lacking basic levels of safety and decency