Middle East
Kenya set to re-open Westgate mall 2 years after scarring terror attack
Nairobi’s Westgate Mall is to re-open Saturday, nearly two years after it was attacked by Somalia’ Islamic extremist rebels who killed at least...
UAE woman jihadist executed for murder of American teacher
A female jihadist who murdered an American woman in the toilets of a shopping mall in Abu Dhabi has been executed.
35 killed in Baghdad car bombings and suicide attacks
Car bombs and suicide attacks targeting mainly Shi'ite Muslim districts of Baghdad killed 35 people on Sunday, one of the heaviest recent tolls in the...
Nobel winner Malala marks 18th birthday by opening Syrian refugee school
Girls’ rights campaigner Malala Yousafzai has marked her 18th birthday by calling on world leaders to stop “failing” the people of Syria. Speaking...
From Pirates of the Caribbean to Syria: Actor joins fight against ISIS
A film actor who says he has abandoned his Hollywood career to fight Islamic State in Syria has called for troops to be sent to the war-torn country.
Huge car bomb blast outside Italian consulate in Cairo leaves one dead
One person has been killed after a powerful explosion hit the Italian consulate in the centre of Cairo. The force of the blast, which a security official...
Stampede at Bangladesh during Ramadan clothes handout kills at least 22
At least 22 people have been killed in a stampede during a handout of free clothes at a factory in the northern Bangladeshi city of Mymensingh, police...
More than 4 million refugees have now fled Syria, U.N. says
More than 4 million Syrians have fled abroad since the 2011 outbreak of civil war, the largest number from any crisis in almost 25 years, the United Nations...
UN humanitarian pause in Yemen to begin Friday
The United Nations on Thursday announced a six-day humanitarian pause in fighting in Yemen to bring in urgently needed supplies for millions of desperate...
Humanitarian crisis as 4 million Syrian refugees flee to neighbouring countries
The number of Syrian refugees in neighbouring countries has passed 4 million, the U.N.
Afghan-Taliban talks seen as possible step toward formal peace process
Afghan officials are holding talks with Taliban representatives in the Pakistani capital in their first official face-to-face discussions, which the Afghan...
Iraqi fighter jet accidentally bombs Baghdad, 12 killed
An Iraqi fighter jet accidentally dropped a bomb on a Baghdad neighborhood Monday, killing at least 12 people on the ground, Iraqi officials said.
IS video shows troops’ deaths in Syria archaeological site
The Islamic State group has released a video showing the killing of some 20 government soldiers in the historic town of Palmyra in central Syria.
President el-Sisi hails ‘martyrs’ who lay down lives for Egypt
Egypt President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi travelled to the troubled northern part of the Sinai Peninsula to inspect troops on Saturday, after Islamic State-linked...
Militants, rebels in Syria announce new push for Aleppo
Islamic militants and rebels in Syria launched fresh attacks on government-held neighborhoods in Aleppo on Friday, setting off some of the heaviest fighting...
Death toll from accident to Pakistan army train rises to 17
At least 17 people, including four army officers, were killed when three bogies of a special train carrying army officials fell into a canal and one other...
Around 1,200 escape from Yemen prison, including al Qaida suspects
The prisoners escaped Tuesday after guards deserted their posts amid fierce fighting between Shiite rebels and their opponents, officials said. A...
IS claim ‘revenge attack’ car bomb explosion in Yemeni capital, 28 wounded
A car bomb claimed by Islamic State exploded in the Yemeni capital Sanaa overnight, wounding at least 28 people gathered to mourn another attack earlier...
Israeli navy intercepts vessel trying to breach blockade of Gaza
Israeli forces boarded a boat leading a protest flotilla of foreign activists to the blockaded Palestinian enclave of Gaza on Monday and forced it to sail...
Syrian army ‘recaptures key north eastern city’ from islamic State
The Syrian army said on Monday it had recaptured a major residential quarter in Hasaka from Islamic State insurgents who stormed the strategically located...
Kuwait officials confirm mosque suicide bomber was Saudi Arabian
Kuwait officials have identified the suicide bomber behind its worst militant attack as a young Saudi Arabian man.
Kurds oust IS from Syria’s Kobane as civilian toll mounts
Islamic State fighters who launched a surprise attack on a Syrian border town massacred more than 200 civilians, including women and children, before they...
IS claims deadly blast at Shi'ite mosque in Kuwait’s capital
The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for a deadly explosion that struck a Shiite mosque in the Kuwaiti capital after Friday prayers.
Fierce fighting as IS look to regain control of key Syrian city of Kobani
A suicide bomber has killed at least five people as Islamic State fighters re-entered the Syrian Kurdish battleground city of Kobani.
Suicide bomber kills 5 as Islamic State attempt to retake Kobani
A suicide bomber killed at least five people as Islamic State fighters re-entered the Syrian Kurdish battleground city of Kobani.
Pakistan in state of emergency as heat wave death toll tops 800
A cool wind from the sea and pre-monsoon rains brought the first signs of respite to southern Pakistan on Wednesday as the death toll from a scorching...
Up to 700 dead as Pakistan reels under blistering heat
Nearly 700 people have died in a severe three-day heat wave in Pakistan, officials have said, with medics battling to treat patients as a state of emergency...
New blow: Syria Kurds advance after seizing base from IS
Kurdish fighters and their allies have captured an Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) military base that is the first defence line north of ISIL’s...
Afghan forces stretched, but resilient against Taliban push: U.N.
Afghan security forces are “undeniably stretched” but resilient amid a push by insurgents for more territory and concerns that Islamic State...
Taliban suicide bombers strike live on TV as Afghan Parliament hit
Dramatic footage has emerged of a Taliban suicide attack on the Afghan parliament that resulted in six gunmen dying as politicians were meeting to appoint...
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