A legal advisor to rebel groups fighting under the Free Syrian Army banner outlines the five points of the nationwide ceasefire agreement between the Syrian government and rebels, during a press co...
Syria's army and key ally Russia announc a nationwide ceasefire to take effect at midnight, confirms Russian President Vladimir Putin, in a major potential breakthrough after nearly six years of ci...
Russian officials probing the crash of a Syria-bound military plane say there was no explosion on board, but equipment was not functioning correctly when it plunged into the Black Sea.
Floods triggered by heavy rains and a river bursting its banks have killed at least 50 people in the southwest Democratic Republic of Congo.VIDEOGRAPHIC
Mozambique's silent war between government troops and opposition fighters continues to disrupt lives. The clashes between longtime rivals, the Frelimo government and Renamo, an armed insurgent grou...
In a stern parting shot, US Secretary of State John Kerry warns Israel that building settlements on Palestinian land threatens the country's very future as a democracy.
Russian rescuers trawling the Black Sea find the second black box from a Syria-bound military plane that crashed at the weekend with 92 people on board, authorities say.
The leaders of war-time enemies America and Japan have made a poignant joint pilgrimage to Pearl Harbor, issuing symbolic declarations about the power of reconciliation and warning against the drum...
The bodies of 11 migrants who died trying to make the perilous journey to Europe have washed up on beaches around Libya's capital Tripoli says the Red Crescent.VIDEOGRAPHIC
Thirty-one Boko Haram fighters have surrendered to authorities in Niger, the West African country's interior minister Bazoum Mohamed announced on Tuesday.VIDEOGRAPHIC
Kidnappings in Colombia have fallen 92 percent since 2000, an "historic" change, say the authorities as the government and FARC rebels implement a peace deal meant to end a half-century conflict.VI...
It will take many months and millions of dollars to breathe life back into Aleppo's devastated water, electricity, and transportation networks. Four years of fighting have transformed it from Syria...
Obama has unleashed a barrage of sanctions against Russia over alleged cyberattacks aimed at tilting the election in Trump's favour. A move that only worsens the relations between the two countries...
Gabon's sports minister has assured that the venues for the Africa Cup of Nations are "ready" ahead of the tournament, despite violence that erupted after the recent presidential election. Gabonese...
She was a sick Iraqi in a wave of refugees trying to enter Serbia, while he belonged to the stern Macedonian police force keeping guard. But Noora Arkavazi, a Kurdish Muslim, and Orthodox Christian...
Deep in the caves of Goyet in Belgium researchers have found the grisly evidence that the Neanderthals did not just feast on horses or reindeer, but also on each other.VIDEOGRAPHIC
A fresh legal challenge to Britain's plans to leave the European Union is the latest in a series of claims against the government's approach to Brexit.VIDEOGRAPHIC
One of Europe's worst offenders on food waste, Britain is beginning to get its act together thanks to a surge in volunteer initiatives that help the poor.VIDEOGRAPHIC
Brushstrokes in paintings could help early diagnosis of neurodegenerative diseases, according to a study of works by famous sufferers such as Salvador Dali and Willem De Kooning.VIDEOGRAPHIC
Nisrin Akoubeh checks the oil and water before getting into her taxi and pulling into Amman's heavy traffic for another day of shuttling fellow women across the Jordanian capital. Akoubeh is one of...