Middle East
Egypt announces plans to build new capital
Egypt plans to build a new administrative capital east of Cairo within five to seven years at a cost of $45 billion.Syria Kurds urge US-led strikes as IS forces mass
Syrian Kurdish fighters urged the US-led coalition Friday to launch new air strikes on the Islamic State group as the jihadists brought ...Iraqi troops clash with ISIS in Tikrit
Iraqi security forces and mainly Shi\'ite militia exchanged fire sporadically with Islamic State fighters in Tikrit on Thursday, a day after they ...Islamic State says Australian teenager carries out suicide attack in Iraq
Australia is seeking to confirm Islamic State\'s claim that an Australian teenage recruit died after blowing himself up in Iraq, the country\'s ...Iraqi forces enter northern district of Tikrit
Iraqi security forces and militia fighters captured part of Tikrit\'s northern Qadisiya district on Wednesday in their first advance into the city ...IS claims execution of Arab Israeli accused of spying
The Islamic State released a video Tuesday purporting to show a young boy executing an Arab Israeli who it claimed infiltrated the ...France PM warns that 10,000 Europeans could be waging jihad by year-end
As many as 10,000 Europeans could be waging jihad in Iraq and Syria by the end of this year, French Prime Minister ...Al Qaeda attacks Yemen army base, four dead: residents
At least two militants and two soldiers died in an al Qaeda assault on an army base in southern Yemen early on ...Netanyahu denies reneging on Palestinian state speech
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denies reneging on a 2009 speech in which he acknowledged the need for the creation of a ...UN chief calls on world to stop destruction of Iraqi sites
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on the international community to halt the destruction by Islamic State jihadists of Iraqi archaeological sites, branding ...