Brent crude rises nearly 6 percent as soaring tensions in waterway push ceasefire to the brink.

Security forces have intensified their presence across parts of Mexico’s Sinaloa.

Video from Gaza City shows flames rising after an Israeli strike targeted a group of civilians.

Alabama lawmakers adjourned their session after protesters entered the State House during protests over redistricting.

A Palestinian family in Nablus has welcomed a newborn whose father was shot dead by Israeli forces.

Israeli attacks have killed 2,696 people in Lebanon since March 2, the country's Health Ministry reports.

ISIL-linked group has tortured, killed and abducted civilians in the Democratic Republic of Congo, including children.

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Despite official framing, for Christians there is little new in last week's assault on a French nun in East Jerusalem.

TEHRAN, May 05 (MNA) – A deputy commander of the IRGC says that Iran fully controls transit through the Strait of Hormuz and any ship must secure Iran's permission before travelling through the waterway.

Radical Israeli rabbi Dov Lior said 'there are no innocent civilians' in Gaza, reiterating his hardline position on Tel Aviv's genocidal war in remarks made during an intervie...

More than a century after its construction between 1900 and 1908 during the reign of Sultan Abdulhamid II, the 1,322-kilometer (822-mile) Hejaz Railway is now poised for revival as...