Fighting intensified in Syria’s two main cities on Tuesday after rebels claimed they downed a government fighter jet and captured its pilot in what...

The Olympic flag arrived in Rio de Janeiro, which will host the 2016 Summer Games –  a challenge which authorities in Brazil say the city is prepared...

Iran, on Tuesday, said it is dismissing Israeli threats of an imminent attack against it, explaining that even some Israeli officials realised such a...

Twin earthquakes that devastated rural villages in northwest Iran on the weekend killed a total of 306 people – most of them women and children – and...

Horrific videos purportedly showing Syrian rebels throwing the bodies of postal workers off a roof and a man’s throat being savagely cut have appeared...

In an alarming sign, scientists have warned that Arctic sea ice is dramatically melting at a faster rate than previously thought, which may accelerate...

Grieving members of the Sikh community held the first service at the Gurdwara since the killing of six worshippers by a white supremacist a week ago...

South Korea’s ruling party hit back at Japan today in a bitter row over disputed islands, saying any move by Tokyo to take the issue to an...

Hundreds of activists took to the streets of Morocco’s main cities to protest against corruption, the high cost of living and other causes of...

‘It’s there,’ says an archaeologist pointing to the ground, where fragments of a Buddha statue from the ancient Gandhara civilisation have been...

Known for its idyllic beaches and carnival, Rio officially assumes the mantle of Olympic city on Sunday, facing an uphill struggle in taming traffic...

Grieving women wailed over dozens of bodies of dead relatives and men armed with shovels dug frantically for survivors on Sunday, in the wake of twin...