After the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia in 1917, Tsar Nicholas II was arrested and accused of several charges. In the following year, he was executed along with his family, after a quick trial for treason, killings and corruption. Trials that are held ...

Representatives of the Syria regime and rebel groups along with other attendees take part in the first session of Syria peace talks at Astana's Rixos President Hotel on January 23, 2017. (AFP). By Fuad Shahbazov Tuesday, 24 January 2017. Text size A A A.

Hundreds of thousands of people gather as they prepare to march in protest of President Donald Trump Saturday Jan. 21, 2017 across the states. (AP). Agencies Saturday, 21 January 2017. Text size A A A. Hundreds of thousands of women, many wearing ...

Mehdi Hashemi Rafsanjani (C) and Fatemeh Hashemi Rafsanjani (L), the children of late former Iranian president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, gather with mourners around Rafsanjani's coffin during a mourning ceremony at Jamaran mosque in Tehran, ...

Mehdi Hashemi Rafsanjani (C) and Fatemeh Hashemi Rafsanjani (L), the children of late former Iranian president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, gather with mourners around Rafsanjani's coffin during a mourning ceremony at Jamaran mosque in Tehran, ...

Mehdi Hashemi Rafsanjani (C) and Fatemeh Hashemi Rafsanjani (L), the children of late former Iranian president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, gather with mourners around Rafsanjani's coffin during a mourning ceremony at Jamaran mosque in Tehran, ...

Ghana's head coach Avram Grant (R) of Israel looks on next to Asamoah Gyan during a training session at Bikuy on the outskirts of Bata, February 7, 2015. (Reuters). By Staff writer Al Arabiya English Thursday, 3 November 2016. Text size A A A. Egypt ...

The latest tenuous ceasefire in Syria went into effect on September 12, with Russia and the United States– the backers of the deal - reportedly considering military cooperation against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and other extremist ...

European heads are struggling to overcome a crisis following Britain's vote to leave the EU, agreed to explore closer defense cooperation. (Reuters). Reuters, Bratislava Saturday, 17 September 2016. Text size A A A. European leaders, struggling to ...

European heads are struggling to overcome a crisis following Britain's vote to leave the EU, agreed to explore closer defense cooperation. (Reuters). Reuters, Bratislava Saturday, 17 September 2016. Text size A A A. European leaders, struggling to ...

European heads are struggling to overcome a crisis following Britain's vote to leave the EU, agreed to explore closer defense cooperation. (Reuters). Reuters, Bratislava Saturday, 17 September 2016. Text size A A A. European leaders, struggling to ...

South Korean conservative activists hold placards showing the portrait of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un during a protest denouncing North Korea's nuclear test in Seoul on September 10, 2016. (AFP). AFP Saturday, 10 September 2016. Text size A A A.

Fighters of Libya's Fajr Libya (Libyan Dawn) militia fire a cannon against a rival militia some 27 kilometers West of the Libyan capital Tripoli, on Sept. 29, 2014. (AFP). Tweet. Text size A A A. Staff Writer, Al Arabiya News Tuesday, 30 September 2014.

Fighters of Libya's Fajr Libya (Libyan Dawn) militia fire a cannon against a rival militia some 27 kilometers West of the Libyan capital Tripoli, on Sept. 29, 2014. (AFP). Tweet. Text size A A A. Staff Writer, Al Arabiya News Tuesday, 30 September 2014.

The suicide of Robin Williams has shone a light on Hollywood celebrities who have been diagnosed with depression. Williams, an Oscar-winning actor and comedian, suffered from severe depression, the Daily News reported. Actress Catherine Zeta-Jones ...

Imagine if the terrorist Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) didn't confront Nouri al-Maliki's forces when it attacked Anbar around three months ago. Imagine if ISIS hadn't taken over the city of Mosul on June 10. Imagine that fear and anger hadn't found its way ...

US President Barack Obama sent warplanes back over the skies of Iraq for the first time since the last US troops withdrew in 2011. (AP). Tweet. Text size A A A. By AFP | Washington Monday, 11 August 2014. U.S. military planes conducted a fourth air drop of ...

Following the events in Gaza from afar gives the impression that there is a war between two states or two armies battling on the border areas. But the truth, in my view, id that it is an unequal war; on one side there is the Israeli war machine and on the other ...

Gaza has descended again into a tragic spiral of violence. Following Israel's decision to send in ground troops, civilian casualties in Gaza are mounting by the hour. Missiles continue to be launched indiscriminately towards Israeli towns, though the Iron Dome ...

Militant Islamist fighters wave flags as they take part in a military parade along the streets of Syria's northern Raqqa province June 30, 2014. (Reuters). Tweet. Text size A A A. By Staff writer | Al Arabiya News Friday, 18 July 2014. A Syrian monitoring group ...