Middle East
Airstrikes take aim at IS militant leaders on Iraq-Syria border
U.S.-led air strikes on Saturday targeted a gathering of Islamic State (IS) leaders in Iraq in a town near the Syrian border, possibly including the group’s...
Saudi council recommends women over 30 be allowed to drive during day
Saudi Arabia has moved a step closer to lifting its ban on female drivers. The Saudi king’s advisory council has recommended that the government...
'We cannot afford another war', says EU foreign chief in call for Palestinian state
The European Union’s new foreign affairs chief Federica Mogherini on Saturday called for the establishment of a Palestinian state, saying the world...
U.N. sanctions Yemen’s ex-President Saleh, two rebel leaders
The United Nations Security Council imposed targeted sanctions on Friday on Yemen’s former President Ali Abdullah Saleh and two senior Houthi rebel...
Iranian dog owners could face 74 lashes or massive fines under new laws
Dog owners in Iran could face up to 74 lashes, just for keeping them in their home or taking them out for walks.
Third intifada possible: Jerusalem conflict ripples through Jordan
Ugly blocks of reinforced concrete are the new feature on Jerusalem’s streets, deployed in the night, with no indication of how long they will remain...
'Dead' French bombmaker: a football fan turned jihadist killed in Syria
David Drugeon is thought to have been travelling in a car in Syria’s Idlib province when a drone strike hit the vehicle and likely killed him and...
Israel tightens security as Jewish extremists plan march through Jerusalem
Jewish extremist groups planned to march through Jerusalem on Thursday in a move expected to stoke tensions following a deadly Palestinian car attack and...
Policeman killed as driver rams car into crowd in Jerusalem terror attack
A driver has rammed his car into a crowd of pedestrians in East Jerusalem before getting out and attacking people with a metal bar - killing one and injuring...
Senior al-Qaida operative killed in U.S. drone strike in Yemen
A senior al-Qaida official wanted by the United States and a local leader of the militant group’s affiliate, Ansar al-Sharia, were killed in a drone...
Clashes rock flashpoint Jerusalem mosque compound
Israeli police clashed with stone-throwing protesters inside Jerusalem’s flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque compound on Wednesday, police spokeswoman Luba...
Security in Pakistani Christian neighbourhood raised after couple’s death
A group of Muslims beat a Christian couple to death in Pakistan and burnt their bodies in the brick kiln where they worked on Tuesday for allegedly desecrating...
A lifetime of perks in UAE helps cushion wealth gap
Look past the blinding glitz of Dubai, and you discover a gulf separating the elite and their riches from most Emiratis.
Syria’s wealthy find fun despite bomb blasts and threats of violence
Amid a conflict lapping at the edge of Damascus, Syria’s wealthy spend their time in cafes and at parties, strolling a gleaming new mall and enjoying...
Woman jailed in Iran over volleyball match declares second hunger strike
A British-Iranian woman who was detained in Iran after trying to watch a volleyball match is on a second hunger strike, her brother said.
In mass killings, a bloodthirst for U.S. allies in Iraq and Syria
Western Iraq saw more brutal bloodshed this weekend after the Islamic State massacred 322 people of the Albu Nimr tribe, a Sunni group, including women...
Egypt, Gulf Arab allies eye anti-militant alliance
Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait are discussing the creation of a military pact to take on Islamic militants, with the possibility...
Gunmen kill Yemeni liberal party leader
Unidentified gunmen shot and killed a leader of a liberal Yemeni political party that is close to the powerful Houthi rebel group on Sunday, the official...
Jerusalem on edge in row over contested shrine
This combustible city at the center of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has been edging toward a new conflagration, with politicians on both sides stoking...
Death toll from Islamic State massacre of Sunni tribe in Anbar surges
Iraqi officials upped the death toll of a massacre of Sunni Arab tribesmen by the self-styled Islamic State today to 322, making it among the largest massacres...
Jerusalem on edge in Jewish-Muslim tiff over contested shrine
After months of escalating violence, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday made his clearest attempt yet to cool Israeli and Palestinian...
Israel closes Gaza border crossings after rocket fire
Israel has closed two border crossings with Gaza, the army said on Sunday, after a rocket fired from the Palestinian enclave struck its territory.
Islamic State group lines up and kills 50 tribesmen, women and children
Islamic State group extremists lined up and shot dead at least 50 tribesmen, women and children in Iraq’s Anbar province Sunday, officials said,...
At least 23 killed as Yemen troops battle al-Qaeda in Hodeidah
Twenty Yemeni soldiers and three suspected al-Qaeda militants died in clashes on Saturday in the town of Jabal Ras in Yemen’s western province of...
Egypt jails eight men for three years over ‘gay marriage’
An Egyptian court jailed eight men for three years on Saturday over a video prosecutors claimed was of a gay wedding, which went viral.
Kurdish peshmerga arrive with weapons in Syria’s Kobani
Iraqi Kurdish forces arrived in the Syrian town of Kobani with heavy weapons to help Syrian Kurds fend off attempts by Islamic State (IS) insurgents to...
Peshmerga warriors march in to bolster defence of Kobani
Kurdish peshmerga forces streamed across the Syrian border from Turkey Friday to bolster defenders in the key border town of Kobani which is under assault...
Rocket fired from Gaza hits southern Israel
A rocket fired from Gaza hit southern Israel on Friday, the Israeli army said, although there were no reports of casualties or damage.
Syria’s Alawites pay heavy price as they bury sons
The posters of slain Syrian soldiers, put up by families to commemorate their sons killed in the fight against rebels, are plastered on walls throughout...
Israel reopens Jerusalem mosque - but only to men over 50 and women
Israel has reopened the Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem and deployed hundreds of security personnel amid rising tensions in the city.
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