Middle East
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 ...Three killed in attack on EU vehicle in Kabul
Three people including a foreigner working with the European Union police were killed Sunday when a Taliban attacker rammed his explosives-laden car ...US soldiers kill senior Islamic State commander in Syria raid, capture wife
American special operations forces killed a senior Islamic State leader in a raid in Syria, U.S. officials said on Saturday, an operation ...Egypt court sentences ex-president Mohamed Mursi to death
An Egyptian court on Saturday sentenced ousted President Mohammed Mursi to death over his part in a mass prison break that took ...Burundi coup ends in failure, leaders arrested
An attempt to overthrow Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza ended in failure on Friday as coup leaders admitted defeat and were arrested or ...King of Blues BB King dies at 89
B.B. King, whose scorching guitar licks and heartfelt vocals made him the idol of generations of musicians and fans while earning him ...Iranian ships fire warning shots at Singapore-flagged vessel in Gulf
Iranian Revolutionary Guard forces fired warning shots at a Singapore-flagged commercial ship in the Gulf on Thursday, before vessels from the United ...Islamic State leader al-Baghdadi releases audio message
The leader of the Islamic State group Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi on Thursday urged Muslims to emigrate to his self-proclaimed "caliphate", in the ...Islamic State second-in-command killed in Iraq airstrike
Iraq\'s Defence Ministry said on Wednesday the deputy commander of Islamic State insurgents had been killed in a coalition air strike on ...Barack Obama meets two Saudi princes after King sent regrets
President Barack Obama on Wednesday went out of his way to praise two of Saudi Arabia\'s top leaders before meeting privately with ...