Middle East
Free at last: Al-Jazeera reporter held in Egypt released
An Al-Jazeera journalist who had been on hunger strike for more than four months to protest his prolonged detention without charges in Egypt walked free...
Iraq’s leaders refuse to play by U.S. political script, accuse Saudi Arabia of ‘genocide’
The U.S. has made clear that it wants Iraq Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to embrace Sunni politicians as a condition of support to fight the advance by...
U.S. sending more troops and working with Iran as crisis in Iraq worsens
U.S. officials say they will work with Iran to help the Iraqi government stave off the fast-moving insurgency after years of trying to limit Tehran’s...
U.S. considers air strikes on Iraq, holds talks with Iran
President Barack Obama considered options for military action to support Iraq’s besieged government on Monday, and U.S.
Palestine speaker held as Israel expands West Bank hunt for missing teens
The speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council has been arrested as part of the hunt for three missing Israeli teenagers.
Advancing Iraq rebels seize new town as U.S. considers talks with Iran
Sunni insurgents have seized the mainly ethnic Turkmen city of Tal Afar in northwestern Iraq as Washington reportedly prepared to stage direct talks with...
Militants post images of mass killing as Baghdad braces for possible siege
As the Iraqi government bolstered Baghdad’s defenses today, the Islamic militant group that captured two major cities last week posted graphic photos...
In Pakistan, first woman police chief represents step toward empowerment
When Syeda Ghazala joined the police force two decades ago, she never dreamed that one day she would head a police station staffed by roughly 100 police...
Thousands of young Iraqis mobilise in fight against trained militants
The Islamic militant group that swept across northern Iraq and captured two major cities last week has posted graphic photos of the fate likely awaiting...
Iran’s Zoroastrians enjoy increasing freedom to celebrate heritage
Princess Nikbanou was on the run from Arab invaders in 7th century Persia when, legend has it, she took shelter in the mountains of Chak Chak.
Iraq insurgent advance slows, U.S. sends carrier to Gulf
An offensive by insurgents that threatens to dismember Iraq seemed to slow on Saturday after days of lightning advances as government forces regained some...
With multiple countries in crisis, turmoil blurring Mideast borders
Working in secret, European diplomats drew up the borders that have defined the Middle East’s nations for nearly a century — but now civil war,...
Amid earthquakes and rockets, Afghans vote for new president
Amid reports of earthquakes and rocket fire in Kabul, Afghans headed to the polls Saturday in a presidential runoff between two candidates who both promise...
In Iraq, thousands join fight against militants as U.S. refuses to send troops
As the assault spearheaded by jihadists from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group overruns a vast swathe of northern and north-central...
Three teenagers missing in West Bank assumed kidnapped
An official says one of the three teens presumed kidnapped in the West Bank is an American citizen.
A call to arms: Iraqis urged to defend their country as insurgents threaten capital
Iraq has implemented an emergency plan to defend Baghdad as a representative for its most senior Shi’ite cleric urged people to take up arms and...
'Battle will rage in Baghdad': Militants surge towards capital
Militants who stormed cities in northern and central Iraq now plan to launch a wave of attacks on the capital Baghdad, their leader has reportedly warned.
Militants seize Saddam Hussein’s hometown in surge towards Baghdad
Islamist insurgents have seized the Iraqi city of Tikrit - Saddam Hussein’s hometown - as they surge south towards Baghdad.
500,000 flee ‘Mosul hell’ as militants overrun Iraq’s biggest refinery
As many as 500,000 are trying to flee Mosul after Islamic militants overran much of Iraq’s second-largest city.
Militants’ takeover of Mosul poses devastating setback for post-Saddam Iraq
The scale of the catastrophe as troops loyal to Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki flood north and troops controlled by the Kurdish Regional Government rush...
Residents and soldiers flee as militants seize Iraq’s second-largest city
The Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has announced a “general mobilization” after one of the country’s biggest cities fell to the Islamic...
Egypt detains 7 as reports of sexual assaults during Sisi celebration circulate
As fireworks sparkled over Tahrir Square to celebrate Egypt’s newest leader, at least four women were violently assaulted in the crowd below.
Saudi shouts support as Egypt’s new anti-Islamist leader is sworn in
As new Egyptian president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi was sworn into office on Sunday, his most powerful Arab ally was deploying both threats and promises to...
Baghdad car bombs kill 60; militants storm university
A series of car bombs exploded across Iraq’s capital, killing more than 60 people in a day of violence that saw militants storm a university in the...
Iraqi students and staff freed after Al Qaeda-linked group storms campus
Hundreds of students and staff at Anbar University in Iraq were taken hostage on Saturday after militants stormed the campus.
Afghan presidency favourite survives assassination attempt; 10 dead
Afghan presidential front-runner Abdullah Abdullah has survived an assassination attempt on his convoy in western Kabul.
Egypt imposes new penalties for sexual harassment
Egypt approved new punishments Thursday for sexual harassment, amid rising pressure on authorities to fight the rampant phenomenon.
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