Putin blames Russian plane downing in Syria on tragic circumstances

The Russian Defence Ministry says 15 service people died in the incident off the Syrian coast after Israeli fighters forced the warplane into the path of regime air defence systems.

The blunders of MBS and how Saudi Arabia can reclaim its sovereignty

The House of Saud rules the country right now, but if Saudi Arabia wants to keep it that way, it will have to correct its course.

Sudanese President Bashir dissolves government, appoints new PM

Omar al Bashir named Motazz Moussa as the country's prime minister. He replaces Bakri Hassan Saleh, who was appointed in 2017 as the country's first prime minister since Bashir came to power in 1989.

Summit in Tehran calls for political solution in Syria

Turkey, Iran and Russia on Friday called for a political solution to the crisis in Syria in a joint statement issued at the end of a trilateral summit in the Iranian capital Tehran.

Talks in Tehran are a last-ditch effort to avoid another Syrian bloodbath

Humanitarian workers are calling for a negotiated settlement to the Idlib crisis but will the Assad regime call off the military assault?

Rebels ambush South African peacekeepers in DRC Ebola zone

The attack on Monday on the outskirts of the city of Beni underscored the challenges authorities face in tackling a flare-up of the deadly disease in an active conflict zone stalked by dozens of armed groups.

Iran's Zarif says militants must be "cleaned out" of Idlib

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif travelled to Damascus for talks with officials and is scheduled to meet Syrian regime leader Bashar al Assad and Prime Minister Imad Khamis.

Village discovered in Egypt's Nile Delta predates pharaohs

Egypt's archaeological team has found silos containing animal bones and food, indicating human habitation as early as 5,000 BC. That would be some 2,500 years before the Giza pyramids were built.

391 civilians killed in Syria in August

A total of 6,036 civilians had been killed in war-torn Syria since January.

Bomb attack strikes local government office in Mogadishu — police

At least six people were killed after a suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle outside the compound of a district headquarters in Somalia's capital.

Explosions shake Syrian capital after midnight, cause disputed

A string of powerful blasts from the direction of a military airport in Damascus lit up the skies and shook the capital city in the early hours of the morning, residents and regime TV reported.

Saudi-led coalition pledges accountability for "unjustified" Yemen strike

The Saudi-led coalition admitted Saturday that "mistakes" had been made in an August air strike on Yemen that killed 51 people including 40 children, adding that those responsible must be "punished."