Middle East
Nearly 1,000 people executed in Iran in 2015: UN expert
Nearly 1,000 people were executed in Iran last year, marking the highest number in 20 years, the UN\'s top expert on the ...New Syria peace talks aim to tackle core issues
A new round of indirect peace talks beginning Monday will see Syria\'s government and opposition engage for the first time in concrete ...Britain sends more troops to train Iraqis fighting IS
Britain said Saturday it was sending more troops to Iraq to bolster its mission training up the armed forces taking on the ...Israel wants Iran to be punished for missile tests
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered Israeli diplomats to demand that world powers punish Iran for its recent ballistic missile launches, his ...Syria rebels say they shot down warplane
Syrian rebels and a group monitoring the conflict said insurgents had shot down a warplane over western Syria on Saturday, although there ...Arab League labels Hezbollah terrorist organisation
The Arab League labelled Shi\'ite Muslim Hezbollah a terrorist organisation on Friday, Egyptian state media said, as tensions rise between Sunni and ...Syria opposition sees fewer truce breaches, U.N. prepares talks
The Syrian opposition said on Wednesday there had been fewer breaches of a truce agreement by the government and its allies in ...Hopeless and broke, some Afghan migrants return from Europe
After risking death on the migrant trail and two months in "nightmarish" refugee centres in Germany, Mohammed Asif bought a one-way ticket ...Syria opposition agrees to attend Geneva peace talks
Syria\'s opposition on Monday agreed to attend a new round of UN-sponsored peace talks set for this week in Geneva after a ...Indonesia leader calls on Muslim world to unite on Palestine
Indonesia\'s president on Monday urged a summit of Muslim nations to be part of the solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict rather than ...




