Middle East
German city evacuates 20,000 people to defuse WWII bomb
German authorities evacuated around 20,000 people from their homes in the western city of Cologne Wednesday before defusing a World War II ...Former British PM Blair quits as Middle East envoy
Tony Blair resigned Wednesday as the Quartet diplomatic group\'s envoy, his office said, with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict he worked to end as ...Saudi-led airstrikes on police headquarters kill 45 in Yemen
Saudi-led coalition warplanes killed 45 soldiers on Wednesday when they targeted a rebel troop headquarters in the Yemeni capital as the United ...Iraq launches operation to drive Islamic State from Anbar
Iraq\'s Shi\'ite paramilitaries said on Tuesday they had taken charge of the campaign to drive Islamic State from the western province of ...Syrian airstrikes kill 140 IS militants
The Syrian air force hit an Islamic State-controlled air base in Raqqa province on Tuesday, killing more than 140 militants, state media ...Israel ex-PM Olmert sentenced to 8 months in jail for corruption
Former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert was sentenced to eight months in prison for corruption on Monday, the latest legal blow in ...Syrian air force targets captured Palmyra city
Syria\'s air force carried out at least 15 strikes in and around the central city of Palmyra early on Monday, targeting buildings ...Syria says Islamic State executes hundreds in Palmyra
Islamic State fighters have executed at least 400 people in Palmyra since capturing the ancient Syrian city four days ago, Syrian state ...IS seizes Iraqi side of key Syria border crossing
The Islamic State group seized the Iraqi side of a key border crossing with Syria after isolated government forces pulled out, a ...Arab air strikes hit military bases in Yemen
Saudi-led air strikes hit three military bases in the Yemeni capital Sanaa on Saturday and the Yemeni government in exile expressed reservations ...