President Maduro says the three main opposition parties cannot compete against him in 2018

Iraqis take to the streets to celebrate, including in second city Mosul and the capital Baghdad

Saudi Arabia does not recognize Israel, but the two countries have a shared interest in countering Iran

Indonesia, as the world's most populous Muslim nation, has long been a strong supporter of Palestinians and has no diplomatic ties with Israel

Avigdor Lieberman tells Israel's Army Radio Sunday that the Arabs of Wadi Ara in northern Israel are "not part of us"

The UK foreign secretary will continue to press for the release of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who has been held in Tehran since April 2016

Six large wildfires, and some smaller blazes, erupted on Monday night in southern California

The statement by 22 countries, including close US allies, comes after a third day of violence and protests in the West Bank and Gaza Strip

The accident happens Saturday afternoon about 2,000 meters (6,580 feet) high

The statement follows a visit to Pyongyang by Jeffrey Feltman, the highest-level trip by a UN official to the isolated nation in six years

Iraq's announcement comes two days after the Russian military declared it had accomplished its mission of defeating IS in neighbouring Syria

Retaliatory Israeli air strikes on the Gaza Strip kills two militants from Palestinian Islamist group Hamas

The loss-making port is now to be managed by the state-owned Sri Lanka Port Authority and China Merchants Port Holdings

Modi is in a key electoral test of his popularity after a series of controversial economic reforms

There are fresh clashes on Saturday as Palestinian protesters in the occupied West Bank hurled stones at Israeli troops