Middle East
Egypt rescuers widen search for Russian plane crash victims
Egyptian rescue teams were looking Sunday for more victims of a Russian passenger plane crash in Sinai, widening the search after finding ...Islamic State takes over Syrian town in Homs province
Islamic State fighters took control of the Syrian town of Maheen in the southwest of Homs province on Sunday after an attack ...Russian plane crashes in Egypt, 224 feared dead
A Russian airliner carrying 224 passengers crashed into a mountainous area of Egypt\'s Sinai peninsula on Saturday shortly after losing radar contact ...IS beheads four Iraq Kurd fighters after joint US raid
The Islamic State group beheaded four Iraqi Kurdish fighters following a joint raid with American special forces against the jihadists, according to ...Syria opposition, rebel dismiss Iran idea for transition
Any peace plan for Syria allowing President Bashar al-Assad to stand in early elections after a transition period would be "mad" because ...U.S. sticks to demand Assad leave power at first peace talks to include Iran
Washington stuck to its demand on Thursday that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad leave power, ahead of peace talks which will include Assad\'s ...China decides to drop 1-child policy, allow 2 children
China will ease family planning restrictions to allow all couples to have two children after decades of a strict one-child policy, the ...Iran accepts invitation to Syria peace talks in Vienna
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and three of his deputies will attend multilateral talks on Friday in Vienna that seek to ...Saudi-led coalition drops weapons for allies in Yemen
Warplanes from a Saudi-led alliance bombed the Iran-allied Houthi movement throughout Yemen on Wednesday and dropped weapons for its allies battling the ...Two policemen, seven Islamic State militants killed in Turkey
Two Turkish policemen and seven Islamic State militants were killed in a firefight after police raided more than a dozen houses in ...




