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By Steve Scherer and Crispian Balmer | LUCCA, ITALY The Group of Seven major global powers were joined by Middle Eastern allies on Tuesday in a push to isolate Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, hours before the U.S. secretary of state flies to Moscow, Assad's top...

(CNN)Shimon Peres, the Israeli elder statesman who shared a Nobel Prize for forging a peace deal between Israelis and Palestinians, has died. He served as a constant force for generations in Israeli politics. The 93-year-old died after suffering a massive stroke two weeks ago. He...

By ANNE BARNARD BEIRUT, Lebanon — Russia declared on Tuesday that the four-year battle over Aleppo, Syria’s largest city, was over, as the last remaining rebel fighters agreed to turn over their territory to the Syrian government. While pro-government forces were moving in, United Nations...

Türkiye’s first lady Emine Erdogan has called on her counterparts worldwide to be a voice for Gaza and to help stop Israeli attacks that have so far killed over 11,000 Palestinians. Emine Erdogan hosted the summit “One...

By: ALJAZEERA Israeli bombardment has struck a packed hospital compound in central Gaza, killing an estimated 500 people, including patients and displaced Palestinians sheltering inside, according to officials in the besieged Gaza Strip. The health ministry...

Soccer's governing body, FIFA, voted on Tuesday to expand the World Cup to 48 teams from its current 32, brushing aside concerns that the expansion would lower the overall standard of the tournament and make it too big and unwieldy. FIFA president Gianni Infantino, fulfilling...

THE relationship between China and America, as diplomats often intone, is more important than any other between two countries. But that did not help China understand the election of Donald Trump any better than anyone else. The government’s initial reaction was one of confusion,...

Envoy confirms getting assurances of commitment from all parties to truce, which will go into effect on Wednesday night. The UN has announced that a 72-hour ceasefire in Yemen will go into effect on Wednesday night. In a statement on Monday, the office of the UN's...

By :  The Peninsula President of Somalia, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, has disclosed that Qatar has offered to act as a hub for Somali exports as the East African nation embarks on a journey of reconstruction and economic growth...

Draft resolution to UN also urges oil embargo and textile exports ban in response to Pyongyang's sixth nuclear test. The United States has asked the UN Security Council to freeze the assets of North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un and slap an oil embargo on the...