Middle East
Wanted: Brides for jihad fighters in Islamic State’s ‘new caliphate’
The Islamic State, which advocates public stoning for adultery, has opened a “marriage bureau” for women who want to wed its fighters in territory...
Israel accuses Hamas of misfiring two rockets, hitting Gaza hospital and children
Israel has accused Hamas of misfiring two rockets - one of which struck Gaza’s main hospital and the other a refugee camp, killing seven children.
UN Security Council calls for immediate Gaza ceasefire
The UN Security Council on Monday called for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza to allow for urgent aid to reach civilians as the conflict between...
Documenting death: The man who counts the bodies in Gaza
Inside Ashraf al-Qudra’s cramped office in Shifa hospital, the phone never stops ringing.
Confusion over Hamas 24-hour truce declaration as bombs continue to fall
Hamas militants have agreed to a 24-hour humanitarian truce in their conflict with Israel in the Gaza Strip, a spokesman for the group said on Sunday,...
Israeli military resumes Gaza fighting after Hamas ignored truce
The Israeli army said Sunday it is resuming its raids on Gaza by land, sea and air after Hamas continued firing rockets, after earlier rejecting a 24-hour...
Death toll tops 1,000 as Palestinians use 12-hour pause to search rubble
Gaza residents used a 12-hour humanitarian cease-fire on Saturday to stock up on supplies and survey the devastation from nearly three weeks of fighting,...
U.N. rights inquiry says more Syrians joining Islamic State
More and more Syrian rebels are defecting to join the ultra-hardline Islamic State insurgency, said U.N.
Breaking: U.S. brokers 12-hour Gaza truce with Israel and Hamas
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has told U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry that Israel will begin a 12-hour pause in Gaza hostilities starting...
Syria becomes home to two competing Islamic states, Iraqi power shifts
A new power struggle has emerged within the Syrian rebellion after al-Qaeda announced it aims to create an Islamic “emirate” to compete with...
Crunch time for Gaza ceasefire talks as more die on ‘day of rage’
Attempts to nail down a Gaza ceasefire intensified on Friday as five more Palestinians were reportedly killed in the West Bank - four shot by Israeli troops...
'Islamic State' leader in Iraq orders female genital mutilation of 2 million girls
The leader of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, or ISIS) has asked all families around Iraq’s northern city of Mosul to circumcise...
Israel on alert after West Bank protest casualties as death toll nears 800
Israeli security forces have been put on heightened alert after two Palestinians were killed during a massive protest in the West Bank.
Iraq crisis: Dawn attack on prisoner convoy kills 60 people
Gunmen have attacked a prisoner convoy north of Baghdad, setting off a gunbattle with troops in which 52 prisoners and eight soldiers were killed, officials...
Hamas demands an end to blockade before agreeing to ceasefire
Israeli tanks and warplanes bombarded the Gaza Strip on Thursday, as Hamas militants stuck to their demand for the lifting of an Israeli and Egyptian blockade...
Israel flight ban lifted as Gaza death toll passes 700
The Federal Aviation Administration has lifted its ban on U.S. flights in and out of Israel, which the agency had imposed out of concern for the risk of...
UN: Israel assault in Gaza may be war crime
Israel’s military actions in the Gaza Strip could amount to war crimes, UN rights chief Navi Pillay said, as Israel continued pounding Gaza for a...
Hamas calls ban on flights to Israel a ‘great victory’ as U.S. extends restrictions
The Federal Aviation Administration on Wednesday extended a ban on U.S. airline flights to Israel’s Ben Gurion International Airport by an additional...
Suicide car bomb kills 23 in north Baghdad
A suicide driver has rammed his explosive-laden car into a police checkpoint in Baghdad, killing 23 people.
UN human rights chief: Israel ‘could be guilty of Gaza war crimes’
There is a “strong possibility” Israel is violating international law in Gaza, the U.N.’s high commissioner for human rights has said.
UN chief says he believes fighting in Gaza will end soon
The U.N. secretary-general said Tuesday it is his “hope and belief” that his emergency mission to the Middle East will lead to an end to the...
Pregnant woman and girl, 4, among latest Gaza victims from Israeli airstrikes
A four-year-old girl and three women, one of them pregnant, were among those killed in the latest Israeli airstrikes on Gaza, according to medics.
Gaza death toll rises as truce effort intensifies
A high-level attempt by the U.N. chief and the U.S. secretary of state to end deadly Israel-Hamas fighting was off to a rough start Monday: Gaza’s...
'Smell of death': Israeli attack leads to deadliest day of conflict
At least 50 Palestinians were killed on Sunday by Israeli shelling in a Gaza neighbourhood ahead of a meeting aimed at ending the nearly two-week conflict.
Video of child beating boy in Lebanon goes viral
Lebanon has ordered an investigation into horrific video footage of a small child beating a boy while being urged on by adults.
As wave of bombs rocks Baghdad, ancient Christian population of Mosul flees
The ancient Christian community of the northern Iraqi city of Mosul had all but fled by Saturday, ending a presence stretching back nearly two millennia...
Gaza assault intensifies ahead of diplomatic drive; death toll soars to 364
Israel said Sunday it would further expand its ground offensive in Gaza as the death toll from its intensive assault soared to 364 ahead of a visit to...
Iraqi Christians flee Mosul after being told to convert or face death
Christians are fleeing the Iraqi city of Mosul after being told they will be killed if they do not to convert to Islam or pay a special tax by Saturday...
Rights group warns Iraq jihadists want to eradicate minorities
The jihadists controlling large swathes of northern and western Iraq seem bent on killing or expelling all religious minorities in the Mosul area, Human...
1 in 5 of Gaza dead are children: United Nations
Sobbing and shaking, Ismail Abu Musallam leaned against the wall of a hospital Friday, waiting for three of his children to be prepared for burial.
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