Moroccan authorities were promising Monday to investigate the death of a fish seller whose crushing in a rubbish truck sparked widespread demonstrations.

The U.N. envoy for Yemen said Monday he will immediately return to the region to try to clinch a peace deal in the coming weeks, even though both sides have rejected his proposals.

Nearly half of Russians fear that Moscow's bombing campaign in Syria could spark World War III, a poll showed Monday.

A major annual peace rally in memory of assassinated Israeli premier Yitzhak Rabin could be canceled for the first time in 21 years over a lack of funds, an organizer said Monday.

A Bahraini court Monday postponed its verdict in the trial of prominent human rights activist Nabeel Rajab charged with spreading false information and posting insults online, a judicial source said.

A rebel assault to break the siege of Syria's Aleppo slowed Monday amid fierce resistance from regime forces, as the U.N. said it was "appalled" by opposition fire on civilians.

Iran's foreign ministry has rejected accusations from the United States that it has been shipping arms to the Shiite Huthi rebels in Yemen, according to media reports on Monday.

Iraq's forces resumed their advance on the Islamic State group's bastion of Mosul Monday, aiming to position themselves a few hundred metres from the city's eastern limits.

A senior officer with the elite Counter-Terrorism Service (CTS) told AFP reporters outside the recently retaken town of Bartalla that only two villages remained on the road to Mosul.

Israel should have better prepared for Hamas' use of tunnels in the 2014 Gaza war, a senior army official said Sunday, ahead of the release of a key report on the conflict.

Bahrain's main Shiite opposition group has appealed against a court ruling that it should be dissolved over terrorism-related charges, a judicial official said Sunday.