Middle East
18 killed in PKK car bomb in southeast Turkey; 27 wounded
Kurdish militants detonated a car bomb Sunday outside a military checkpoint in southeast Turkey, killing ten soldiers and eight civilians, the prime ...UN envoy warns east Aleppo faces total destruction
The UN\'s Syria envoy Thursday warned east Aleppo faces total destruction, as government forces made their biggest gains in years against rebels ...Syria army advances in Aleppo after US drops Russia talks
Syrian regime forces advanced against rebels during intense street battles in the heart of Aleppo on Tuesday, after the United States abandoned ...Aleppo hospital hit as Syria army presses assault
The largest hospital in rebel-held east Aleppo was bombed on Saturday for the second time in days as Syrian government forces pressed ...World leaders gather for funeral of Nobel laureate Peres
World leaders including US President Barack Obama and Prince Charles were bidding farewell to Israeli ex-prime minister and Nobel Peace Prize winner ...Thousands of Israelis file past coffin of former president Peres
Thousands of Israelis filed past the flag-draped coffin of Shimon Peres outside parliament on Thursday, honoring the former president and prime minister ...Former Israeli prime minister Shimon Peres dies at 93
Israeli ex-president and Nobel Peace Prize winner Shimon Peres died on Wednesday, some two weeks after suffering a major stroke, triggering an ...Drone halts traffic at Dubai airport
An unauthorised drone forced Dubai airport to halt air traffic for about half an hour on Wednesday in the second such incident ...IS bombings kill at least 17 in Baghdad
Bombings claimed by the Islamic State jihadist group hit shopping areas in Shiite districts of the Iraqi capital on Tuesday, killing at ...Jordanian writer shot dead outside court before trial over cartoon
A gunman shot dead Jordanian writer Nahed Hattar on Sunday outside the court where he was to stand trial on charges of ...




