Middle East
Safe and sound: All Filipino peacekeepers escape Golan standoff
All Filipino peacekeepers in the Golan Heights are now safe after the remaining group of 40 made a daring escape last night.
German spymaster says Islamic State’s brutality attracts followers
Some young Muslims are attracted to the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria because of its brutality, which makes it appear “more authentic” than...
Nearly 3 dozen trapped U.N. peacekeepers safely rescued in Golan
Nearly three dozen UN peacekeepers from the Philippines who had been surrounded for days by Islamist militants on the Syrian side of the Golan Heights...
Six killed in attack on Afghan intelligence agency
Taliban suicide bombs hit an office of the Afghan intelligence agency in an eastern city on Saturday, killing six people.
Gaza will take up to 20 years to rebuild, study finds
The reconstruction of the Gaza Strip could cost as much as US$6 billion and take two decades to complete, according to an assessment by Shelter Cluster.
U.N. says detained peacekeepers in Syria are ‘safe and in good health’
United Nations officials have received assurances that 44 peacekeepers detained by Syrian rebels in the Golan Heights are safe and in good health, a U.N.
With neighbours in crisis, new tests mount for Jordan
Jordan’s powerful intelligence services appear to be deploying their full range of tools to counter the threat of native Jordanians joining the Islamic...
Assad allies alarmed by advance of Islamist forces in Syria
A mounting death toll in President Bashar al-Assad’s armed forces is causing alarm among some government loyalists who are worried about Islamic...
In grim Gaza stalemate, both sides claim victory
The third Gaza War in six years appears to have ended in another sort of tie, with both Israel and Hamas claiming the upper hand.
Syria used chemical weapons eight times, UN report says
The United Nations has said it believes the Syrian regime used chemical weapons in civilian areas eight times in April.
Israel ‘to ease Gaza blockade’ as open-ended ceasefire holds
Palestinian and Israeli leaders have agreed an Egyptian-brokered ceasefire to end the seven-week-old conflict in the Gaza Strip, officials say.
U.S. citizen ‘fighting for IS group’ after converting to Islam dies in Syria
A U.S. citizen suspected of fighting alongside Islamic State group fighters, who have seized large swathes of Iraq and Syria, has been killed in Syria,...
Intel report: Three Malaysians join Mid East jihadists as comfort women
Malaysian women are believed to have joined the ISIL forces to offer Jihad Al-Nikah or sexual jihad, senior intelligence officials told The Malaysian Insider.
ISIL demands $6.6m ransom, prisoner release for U.S. female hostage
A third American hostage held by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) has been identified as a 26-year-old American woman who was kidnapped...
Catching world off-guard, Emirates, Egypt launch air strikes on Libya
UAE warplanes secretly bombed Islamist militia targets in Libya as turmoil in the North African country deepened with the Islamists naming a rival premier.
Hamas claims ‘open-ended’ ceasefire has been agreed with Israel
An agreement has been reached between Israel and the Palestinian authorities over a ceasefire in Gaza, a Hamas spokesman has said.
Egypt moots new truce talks as deadly Israeli airstrikes hit Gaza again
Israeli fire killed 10 Palestinians across Gaza on Monday, while Egypt proposed a new ceasefire that would open key crossings into the blockaded territory.
Secret strikes: Egypt, UAE carried out clandestine Libya attacks, U.S. says
U.S. officials claim that Egypt and the United Arab Emirates carried out two series of air strikes in the past week on armed Islamist factions in Tripoli,...
Eyes in the sky: Obama authorises surveillance over Syria
U.S. President Barack Obama has authorised surveillance flights over Syria, two officials said late Monday.
Chaos: Troubled Libya now faces dueling governments
The Libyan parliament that was replaced in an election in June reconvened on Monday and chose an Islamist-backed deputy as prime minister, leaving the...
Rocket attacks, tunnels near Gaza border trigger Israeli exodus
Tens of thousands of Israelis have fled their homes in communities along the border with the Gaza Strip, reflecting growing fear and frustration as the...
As Iraq tries to politically reset itself, bombs kill at least 41 around Baghdad
A wave of attacks targeting commercial areas in and outside Baghdad has killed a total of 41 people, officials have reported.
In personal plea, top Hamas leader calls on Obama to stop ‘holocaust’ in Gaza
The political chief of Hamas has called on U.S. President Barack Obama to intervene with the Israeli government to “lift the siege” of Gaza...
Israeli air strike flattens 13-storey apartment block in Gaza City
A 13-storey residential tower block in the centre of Gaza City has been destroyed by an Israeli air strike.
Rockets fired on Golan after Israel pounds Gaza; Egypt calls for ceasefire
Rocket fire from Syria slammed into the Israeli-occupied sector of the Golan Heights Sunday.
Bombings in Baghdad, Kirkuk kill 42; Iraq probes Sunni mosque attack
Bombings in Baghdad and the northern city of Kirkuk killed at least 42 people in Iraq on Saturday as the government investigated a deadly attack on a Sunni...
Urgent action needed to stop next Islamic State massacre
Thousands of Shi’ites in the Iraqi town of Amerli are in imminent danger of being massacred by militants from the Islamic State (IS) unless urgent...
Death toll soars following deadly attack inside Sunni mosque in Iraq
The death toll following an attack on a mosque in Iraq on Friday has been raised to 73.
Hamas leader distances group from Islamic State ‘terrorists’
In an interview with Yahoo News, the political leader of Hamas today vigorously rejected any comparison to Islamic State terrorists and pledged that the...
Egypt tour bus collision kills 33 near resort town
A collision between two coaches servicing the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh killed 33 people on Friday, a health ministry official said.
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