Middle East
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 ...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 ...