Middle East
Russia, Qatar could lose World Cup hosting rights: FIFA
Russia and Qatar could lose the right to host the 2018 and 2022 World Cups if evidence is found of corruption in ...Luxembourg referendum rejects giving foreign nationals the vote
Voters in Luxembourg overwhelmingly ruled out in a referendum on Sunday giving the vote to foreign nationals who make up almost half ...Israel launches air strikes in Gaza after rocket attack
Israeli aircraft struck the northern Gaza Strip on Sunday in response to a rocket fired from the Hamas-controlled territory that hit southern ...Putin says no need for West to fear Russia
Russia is not a threat to the West, President Vladimir Putin insisted in an interview published on Saturday, saying he was still ...Death toll rises following ferry sinking in China
A total of 396 people have been confirmed dead after a cruise ship capsized in China, state media said, making it the ...Barrel bombs kill 33 in Syria
At least 33 people, including 10 children, were killed in government barrel bomb attacks in northern Syria on Wednesday, a monitoring group ...Hurricane Blanca forms, heads toward Mexico resorts
Hurricane Blanca formed off Mexico\'s Pacific coast on Tuesday and was on track to strike the Los Cabos resorts during weekend elections, ...Sepp Blatter resigns as FIFA president
Sepp Blatter resigned as FIFA president on Tuesday in the face of a U.S.-led corruption investigation that has plunged world soccer\'s governing ...Egypt court postpones final ruling on Morsi death sentence
An Egyptian court postponed on Tuesday issuing a final ruling over a death sentence recommendation for former Islamist President Mohamed Mursi and ...Islamic State suicide attack kills 38 Iraqi policemen
Islamic State militants drove a tank rigged with explosives into a base south of the Iraqi city of Samarra on Monday, killing ...