Middle East
Syria rebels say they shot down warplane
Syrian rebels and a group monitoring the conflict said insurgents had shot down a warplane over western Syria on Saturday, although there ...Arab League labels Hezbollah terrorist organisation
The Arab League labelled Shi\'ite Muslim Hezbollah a terrorist organisation on Friday, Egyptian state media said, as tensions rise between Sunni and ...Syria opposition sees fewer truce breaches, U.N. prepares talks
The Syrian opposition said on Wednesday there had been fewer breaches of a truce agreement by the government and its allies in ...Hopeless and broke, some Afghan migrants return from Europe
After risking death on the migrant trail and two months in "nightmarish" refugee centres in Germany, Mohammed Asif bought a one-way ticket ...Syria opposition agrees to attend Geneva peace talks
Syria\'s opposition on Monday agreed to attend a new round of UN-sponsored peace talks set for this week in Geneva after a ...Indonesia leader calls on Muslim world to unite on Palestine
Indonesia\'s president on Monday urged a summit of Muslim nations to be part of the solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict rather than ...Iran billionaire tycoon Zanjani sentenced to death for corruption
Iran has sentenced billionaire tycoon Babak Zanjani, reportedly one of the country\'s richest men, to death, convicting him of corruption after a ...IS suicide truck bomb kills 60 south of Baghdad
Islamic State claimed responsibility for a suicide attack with an explosive-laden fuel tanker on an Iraqi police checkpoint south of Baghdad, killing ...Assad must go at start of Syria transition, says Saudi
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad must leave office as soon as a transitional authority is set up, Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said ...Gunmen kill 16, including foreign nuns, at Yemen care home
Gunmen attacked a care home run by missionaries in Yemen\'s jihadist-plagued southern city of Aden on Friday, killing 16 workers including four ...




