Middle East
72 dead as Syria army battles to free loyalists
At least 72 fighters were killed in a single day as the Syrian army battled to relieve some 250 besieged regime loyalists ...Moroccan F-16 jet from Saudi-led coalition in Yemen goes missing
A Moroccan F-16 warplane that is part of the Saudi-led force carrying out air strikes in Yemen has gone missing, Morocco\'s military ...Saudi King Salman skips Obama summit amid angst over US-Iran nuclear negotiations
Newly crowned Saudi King Salman has refused an invitation to attend a landmark summit hosted by President Barack Obama, amid angst over ...Houthi allies accept five-day truce in Yemen proposed by Saudi Arabia
Yemen\'s dominant Houthi group accepted a five-day humanitarian ceasefire proposed by its adversary Saudi Arabia on Sunday but said it would respond ...Turkish PM crosses into Syria to visit historic Ottoman tomb
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu briefly crossed into Syria on Sunday to visit the tomb of a revered Ottoman figure and vowed ...30 prisoners killed, 40 escape in Iraq jail break claimed by IS
Dozens of people were killed and 40 inmates escaped in a bloody prison break north of the Iraqi capital for which the ...Egypt sentences former president Mubarak and sons to three years in jail
An Egyptian court sentenced former president Hosni Mubarak and his two sons to three years in jail without parole on Saturday in ...Saudi-led warplanes bomb Yemen capital airport
Warplanes from the Saudi-led coalition struck Sanaa\'s international airport on Saturday, shortly after authorities in the rebel-controlled Yemeni capital said it would ...David Cameron wins second term as British Prime Minister
Prime Minister David Cameron\'s Conservatives are set to govern Britain for another five years after an unexpectedly strong showing, but may have ...Al Qaeda says prominent member killed by US air strike in Yemen
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula said on Thursday a U.S. air strike had killed the senior figure who issued the group\'s ...