The US Justice Department said the Mesopotamian artifacts were stolen and smuggled to the US through Israel and the UAE.
Electricity authority accuses Palestinian Authority of blocking fuel payments to Egypt as power plants go offline.
Saudi Arabia and its allies appear to be using mosques to spread hate speech against Qatar.
Syrian opposition activists reported low-level violence in Daraa one day before a new ceasefire deal takes effect.
The money will go towards aid workers on the ground in Syria through various UN agencies.
Seven children are among at least 35 people feared dead after their rubber boat sank in the sea.
Exhibition of Palestinian culture and history opens in London despite calls for it to be stopped by pro-Israel groups.
Arrests in Virginia made in a bid to intimidate anti-racist protesters, while far-right groups continue demonstrations.
Boris Johnson is currently on a Gulf tour in bid to ease tension between Qatar and four other Arab states.
Leopoldo Lopez was arrested in 2014 for 'inciting violence' and will serve the rest of his sentence under house arrest.
Youth from 30 countries take part in two-day conference aimed to show solidarity with the Palestinian people.
How will Qatar's plan to boost liquefied natural gas output affect the LNG market and future global energy supply?
Officials say 18-year-old girl was bitten twice by venomous snake while banished to shed because she was menstruating.
Turkish and Greek Cypriot sides, and guarantor powers fail to reach a deal after over two years of UN-backed efforts.
The G20 agenda utterly fails to break with the tired, broken free-market policies that brought devastation to our world.
Police say nine men killed in an overnight attack on a village in the coastal district of Lamu.
Indian security forces and protesters face off a year after government forces killed separatist leader Burhan Wani.
Successive governments have made a series of failed promises to compensate displaced Nubians for their losses.
Opposition candidate Khaltmaa Battulga wins more than 50 percent of votes, according to partial results.
Cameroonian Abdoulaye Assan hopes that victories in the ring will win him the right to stay in the country.
With advances in its missile programme and the July 4 test, here are three technical milestones and why they matter.
US state of Hawaii had requested an emergency order blocking parts of Trump's ban on six Muslim countries.
Trump meets Putin but protests continue for second day in Hamburg with at least 196 police officers injured.
Hamad Port chief says nothing changed since start of the Gulf crisis but transit port is now Omani instead of Emirati.
A photo round-up of some of last week's key events, including the protest ahead of the G20 summit and fighting in Mosul.