Interim administration says security forces ambushed while ‘performing their tasks of maintaining security and safety’

Civil unrest over disputed presidential election result continues

Israel threatens to decapitate Houthi leadership in Yemen

South Korea says Pyongyang has expressed intention of providing Russia with suicide drones

Nine-year-old child among five dead with 200 other people injured in attack, including 40 critical

Abu Mohammed al-Golani urges the West to lift sanctions on Syria and delist his group as terrorist organisation

It appears to be the first time a sitting Israeli leader has set foot that far into Syria

Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel will ‘hold onto it, cause it to blossom and settle in it’

One of biggest names in Chinese football found guilty of taking bribes as coach of national team

One of biggest names in Chinese football found guilty of taking bribes as coach of national team

At least 14 European countries have put asylum applications by Syrians on hold

Car torched and anti-Israel slogans painted on wall of house in Sydney suburb

Kapadia’s film All We Imagine As Light was not chosen by India for Academy Awards despite winning international accolades

Israeli warplane strike weapons and intelligence facilities near Damascus

Fears are growing that terrorist groups may get hold of Syria’s chemical weapons stockpile

Health department suspects the children have died due to an outbreak of a multidrug-resistant bacteria

Incoming president says former senator from Georgia labeled ‘anti-China’ will help build ‘productive working relationship with China’s leaders’

Climbers were reported missing after they failed to arrive to meet their prearranged transport

Yael Alexander, the mother of the hostage, says she is shaken by the video

Judge says scale and nature of crimes were ‘depraved’ and ‘horrendous’