Middle East
US, UK and France close embassies in Yemen
The United States, Britain and France rushed to close their embassies over security fears in Yemen, with US staff destroying top-secret documents ...20,000 foreign fighters head to Syria
Foreign fighters are flocking to Syria at an "unprecedented" rate, with more than 20,000 volunteers from around the world joining the Islamic ...US confirms death of American ISIS hostage Kayla Mueller
U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday confirmed the death of Kayla Mueller, a U.S. aid worker who had been held hostage by ...Oil prices drop as IEA predicts weak rebound
Oil prices fell Tuesday after the International Energy Agency predicted that global oil prices will recover only partially over the next five ...25 people killed in Egyptian soccer match riot
A riot broke out Sunday night outside of a major soccer game in Egypt, with a stampede and fighting between police and ...Egyptian military kills 47 militants in the Sinai
Egyptian security forces killed 47 Islamic militants in the country\'s Northern Sinai on Friday in one of the biggest operations in the ...Islamic State says U.S. hostage killed in air strike in Syria
Islamic State said on Friday that an American woman hostage it was holding in Syria was killed when Jordanian fighter jets bombed ...Uruguay expels Iran diplomat over bomb scare
Uruguay has expelled a senior Iranian diplomat over last month\'s planting of a dummy bomb near Israel\'s embassy in Montevideo, Israeli daily ...Syrian air strikes kill 82 after rebel rocket attack
Syrian air force strikes killed 82 people in an opposition district outside Damascus following rocket attacks by rebels that hit the government-controlled ...Islamic State executes three Chinese militants
The Islamic State has killed three Chinese militants who joined its ranks in Syria and Iraq and later attempted to flee, a ...