Middle East
Give me titles not records, says Chelsea boss Mourinho
Jose Mourinho doesn\'t care about the prospect of setting an impressive new record with Chelsea because he is firmly focused on bringing ...U.S. discloses failed attempt to rescue American in Yemen
The United States on Thursday for the first time publicly disclosed a failed attempt last month to rescue a U.S. citizen held ...Netanyahu seeks early election, fires top ministers
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sacked his finance and justice ministers on Tuesday, signaling the break up of his bickering coalition and opening ...Lebanon detains wife of Islamic State leader
The Lebanese army detained a wife and daughter of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi as they crossed from Syria nine days ...US says Iranian fighter jets bomb IS jihadists in Iraq
Iranian fighter jets struck Islamic State militants in eastern Iraq in recent days, the Pentagon said, signaling Tehran\'s determination to confront the ...French parliament to call for recognition of Palestinian state
French lawmakers are set to vote on Tuesday to call on the government to recognize Palestine, a symbolic move that will not ...Bahrain holds its first major vote since unrest
Voters in Bahrain cast ballots Saturday in the island kingdom\'s first full parliamentary election since Arab Spring-inspired protests erupted four years ago, ...Turkey, U.S. play down differences on fight against Islamic State
Turkey and the United States played down differences in the fight against Islamic State on Friday, but Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu made ...Iraq, Turkey vow to work together against IS group
Iraq\'s prime minister said on Thursday that his country and neighboring Turkey have agreed on closer security and intelligence cooperation in the ...Egypt considers pardons for Al Jazeera staff
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi suggested on Thursday he was considering pardoning journalists of the Qatar-based Al Jazeera television station jailed in ...