Population of Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank has increased by 4.2 percent last year, as the Israeli regime remains indifferent to international warnings to stop its illegal occupation expansion.
A study published ahead of the International Women's Day says Norwegian men pitch in the most with housework and related chores while Japanese men do the least.
The Pentagon says six US F-15 fighter jets have arrived in Lithuania to bolster air patrols over the Baltics as the stand-off continues between the US and Russia over Ukraine.
Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan says Turkey could ban Facebook and YouTube after local elections on March 30, adding they have been abused by his political enemies.
During a live broadcast on Wednesday, RT America presenter Liz Wahl announced she was stepping down, citing her disagreements with the network’s editorial policy.
The Ukraine city of Sevastopol has declared itself a subject of the Russian Federation, hours after the semi-autonomous parliament of Crimea voted to do the same.
Car bombs in government-held districts of central Syria have killed at least 17 people and wounded many others.
The Syrian army has reported new operations and gains against militants across the country, saying it has also destroyed many armaments belonging to the militants.
Saudi state television has for the first time broadcast the "confessions" of a terrorist who returned from Syria where he had hoped to join al-Qaeda-linked al-Nusra Front, but was forced into the ranks of the notorious Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIL).
The Israeli army has launched an espionage balloon to survey the area over the town of Metula, a week after Hezbollah vowed to retaliate for an Israeli air raid.