Follow our live buildup and text commentary updates as the Knicks and Spurs face-off in the opening Christmas Day match.

Syrian factions agree to disband and come together to form a national army, under the new Ministry of Defence.

Pope Francis has denounced the “extremely grave” humanitarian situation in Gaza while appealing for the release of captives ...

Mohammed Saeed Shabaan is an 8-year-old Palestinian boy from Gaza who lost his limbs in a fire several years ago.

There are no Christmas decorations or lit trees for Palestinian Christians in the city of Bethlehem, this year amid Israel’s continued bombardment of Gaza. Israeli strikes killed at least 19 ...

Authorities says 32 survivors hospitalised after Azerbaijan Airlines plane crashed near the city of Aktau. A passenger plane ...

The first cross-border strike inside Afghanistan since March came after a spate of attacks by the Pakistani Taliban.

Christians in Gaza mark a sombre Christmas, praying for an end to Israel’s death and destruction, while in the occupied West ...

Last week, Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Esmail Baghaei told reporters that claims that Syria owes Iran $50bn are “exaggerated”, but added that any existing debts will be transferred to ...

Amid high inflation and soaring costs, the monthlong annual entertainment extravaganza is taking a toll on many.

A Dutch court has convicted five men for their part in last month’s violence involving Israeli football fans in Amsterdam.

The fall of Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad earlier in December has set millions of Yemenis thinking about what lies in store for their own country. Some say the fall of the Iran-allied Houthis in Yemen ...