Middle East
IS takes last Syria regime-held crossing on Iraq border
Jihadists from the Islamic State group seized the last Syrian regime-controlled crossing on the border with Iraq late Thursday, a monitoring group ...US air raid in Syria killed two children: military
US air strikes last year against Islamist extremists in Syria killed two children by mistake, officials said Thursday, marking the first time ...Islamic State seizes ancient town of Palmyra in Syria
Islamic State group fighters recaptured the north of Syria\'s historic city of Palmyra Wednesday in another setback to efforts to repel the ...US releases documents recovered during Bin Laden raid
Osama bin Laden was fixated on attacking U.S. targets and pressured al Qaeda groups to heal local rivalries and focus on that ...Iraq deploys tanks as Islamic State tightens grip on Ramadi
Iraqi security forces on Tuesday deployed tanks and artillery around Ramadi to confront Islamic State fighters who have captured the city in ...Saudi Arabia advertises for eight new executioners
Saudi Arabia advertised vacancies for eight executioners Tuesday after beheading nearly as many people since the start of the year as it ...Saudi-led air strikes hit Yemen after truce expires
Saudi-led forces resumed military operations in Yemen after a five-day ceasefire ended late on Sunday, and Yemen\'s exiled government in Riyadh and ...Indian nurse dies after 42 years in coma after rape
A nurse died Monday after 42 years in a coma following a brutal rape, in a case that led India to ease ...BBC journalist arrested for filming Qatar World Cup 2022 workers
A BBC journalist invited to Qatar to examine the living conditions of workers building infrastructure for the 2022 football World Cup was ...Egypt executes six militants for attack on soldiers
Egypt has executed six members of a Sinai-based militant group with links to Islamic State for carrying out an attack on soldiers ...