Police arrested Tanzania's top opposition figures on Monday, their party said, as the authorities moved to block a mass protest in the commercial capital Dar es Salaam.  Despite…

US President Joe Biden said Sunday that the United States would do everything possible to prevent an escalation of war in the Middle East, as hostilities flared between Israel and Hezbollah. Affirming that he was worried about rising regional tensions, Biden told reporters from the White House South Lawn that his administration was "going to do everything we can to keep a wider war from breaking out. And we're still pushing hard."

A blast caused by a gas leak at an Iranian coal mine has killed at least 51 people, state media said Sunday, in one of the country's deadliest work accidents in years. "The number…

Israeli warplanes pounded southern Lebanon Saturday, raising fears of all-out war a day after an Israeli strikeon Beirut left senior Hezbollah commanders among the 37 people Lebanese…

Gaza's civil defence agency reported 21 killed in an Israeli strike on Saturday, the latest attack on a school sheltering displaced Palestinians where the Israeli military said it…

Lebanon’s health minister said on Saturday the death toll from an Israeli airstrike on a Beirut suburb the day before has risen to 31, including seven women and three children.…

After thousands of pagers and radio devices exploded in two separate incidents in Lebanon - injuring thousands of people and killing at least 37 - details are still being pieced together…

Kamala Harris held a star-studded rally hosted by talk show legend Oprah Winfrey on Thursday, as her US presidential election rival Donald Trump addressed an anti-Semitism event. Hollywood…

 Israel bombed Hezbollah strongholds in southern Lebanon on Thursday, piling pressure on the militant group after two waves of explosions targeted its communications…

Russia on Thursday said it had captured another village in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region, where its troops have made a series of advances in recent months.  Russia has since…

 Longer and more frequent heatwaves, soaring demand for air conditioning, and widespread disease: life in cities would become unbearable should the planet keep warming at current…

Three decades after his father was assassinated as Sri Lanka's leader, opposition chief Sajith Premadasa is a top contender to take on the role in this week's presidential elections.…

Hundreds of pagers used by Hezbollah members exploded across Lebanon Tuesday, killing at least nine people and wounding some 2,800 in blasts the Iran-backed militant group blamed on…

Canadian mining firm Barrick said Tuesday that operations at a vast Papua New Guinea gold mine were suspended after tribal violence in the area killed 32 people. The Porgera mine "has…