Middle East
Al-Qaida threatens to kill British-born American hostage in video message
Al-Qaida has threatened to murder a British-born photographer held hostage by the extremist Islamic group, according to a terrorist monitoring organisation.
Iran jets carried out airstrikes in Iraq, says United States
Iranian fighter jets bombed Islamic State jihadists in eastern Iraq in recent days, but the strikes were not coordinated with US forces, the Pentagon said...
IS leader Al Baghdadi’s wife and child ‘arrested at Syrian border’
The wife of the Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al Baghdadi and one of his children have been arrested at the Syrian border, according to Lebanese officials.
U.N. suspends food aid to 1.7 million Syrian refugees
The World Food Programme (WFP) has suspended food aid to more than 1.7 million Syrian refugees in neighbouring countries, blaming a financing crisis caused...
Unexplained bullet wound and forced to clean toilets: Why a jihadist quit IS
Areeb Majeed, 23, left for Iraq with three friends in late May, expecting to be a fighter, but left when he was forced to do housework.
United Nations WFP runs out of money to feed 1.7m Syrian refugees
A lack of funds has forced the United Nations World Food Programme to stop providing food vouchers for 1.7 million Syrian refugees in Jordan, Lebanon,...
Jewish extremists torch Arab-Jewish school, symbol of co-existence
The first grade classroom of the Hand in Hand school was torched late Saturday night by suspected Jewish right-wing nationals.
Kabul police chief quits amid attacks
The Kabul police chief resigned on Sunday after Taliban gunmen killed three members of a South African family in the capital, while officials said Afghan...
Blow to IS group as ‘50 jihadists killed in Kobani in past 24 hours’
At least 50 Islamic State group jihadists have been killed in the past 24 hours in clashes, suicide bombings and US-led air strikes in Syria’s Kobani,...
After Mubarak ruling, faint echoes of Arab Spring in Egypt’s Tahrir Square
A judge dismissed murder charges Saturday against former President Hosni Mubarak and acquitted his security chief over the killing of protesters during...
Taliban attack on foreign workers’ compound ends, three gunmen dead
Three Taliban attackers armed with suicide bomb vests and assault rifles killed two people, one a foreigner, during a raid on a guesthouse near the Afghan...
Islamic State group attacks Kobani from Turkey
The Islamic State group launched an attack Saturday on the Syrian border town of Kobani from Turkey, a Kurdish official and activists said, although Turkey...
Pope to highlight the plight of Middle East Christians on visit to Istanbul
Pope Francis has arrived in Turkey where he is expected to condemn the violence being done in God’s name by Islamic State in neighbouring Syria and...
Iran Supreme Leader says not opposed to extension of nuclear talks
Iran’s supreme leader made clear on Thursday he backed extended nuclear talks with world powers, shoring up Tehran’s negotiating team against...
Iran Leader Ayatollah Khamenei happy to extend nuclear talks
Iran’s supreme leader insisted on Thursday that he backed extended nuclear talks with world powers, shoring up Tehran’s negotiating team against...
Syria airstrikes on Islamic State ‘capital’ kill at least 95
At least 95 people, including more than 50 civilians, have been killed in Syrian regime airstrikes on the Islamic State (IS) group’s self-proclaimed...
Syrian government air strikes kill more than 60 in Raqqa
Syrian government warplanes carried out a series of airstrikes Tuesday on the de-facto capital of the extremist Islamic State (IS) group, killing at least...
UN: Islamic State group got up to $45m in ransoms
The Islamic State group which controls a large swath of Syria and Iraq has received between $35 million and $45 million in ransom payments in the past...
Shia, Peshmerga and Iraqi forces drive Islamic State from key Iraq towns
Iraqi forces have reclaimed two towns in the eastern province of Diyala from Islamic State fighters (IS).
With Iran nuclear deal ‘nearly impossible’, negotiators seek plan B
Iran, the United States and other world powers are all but certain to miss Monday’s deadline for negotiations to resolve a 12-year standoff over...
Netanyahu Tests Coalition Allies With ‘Jewish State’ Bill
Israel’s cabinet approved Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ‘s request to enshrine the country’s status as a Jewish nation-state in law,...
Iran ‘open’ to extending nuclear negotiations by up to one year
The United States and Iran sought Sunday to bridge gaps in negotiations on the eve of a deadline for a nuclear deal, as Iran signalled it was open to extending...
Bahrain election overshadowed by opposition boycott
Bahrain went to the polls Saturday for its first legislative elections since a failed pro-democracy uprising in 2011, with the opposition boycotting the...
Punitive Israeli house demolitions a ‘war crime’, says Human Rights Watch
Human Rights Watch called on Israel Saturday to stop razing the homes of Palestinians accused of attacking Israelis, saying the practice can constitute...
Bahrain goes to first polls since 2011 uprising as Shiite opposition boycotts
Bahrain holds legislative elections Saturday for the first time since a 2011 uprising, despite a boycott by the Shiite opposition that led the pro-democracy...
Afghanistan’s version of Disneyland makes war-torn Kabul happy
For the thousands of families who have visited Kabul’s City Park, the first amusement park in Afghanistan, since it opened during a national religious...
Iran’s Supreme Leader frees Canadian-Iranian ‘Blogfather’
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Thursday pardoned Iranian-Canadian blogger Hossein Derakhshan after six years in prison, Iranian...
Brave or insane? Woman cross-dresses across Afghanistan
Candace Lau, a 28-year-old Chinese-Australian photographer took a year off work to travel on the cheap through India, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran.
Israel razes Palestinian attacker’s home in return to controversial policy
Israeli forces demolished the home of a Palestinian who carried out a deadly attack last month, just hours after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised...
Jerusalem violence: Worshippers return to site of brutal attack
At the Kehilat Bnai Torah synagogue in the western neighborhood of Har Nof—the Jerusalem synagogue attacked Tuesday by two Palestinian cousins wielding...
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