Middle East
Iran billionaire tycoon Zanjani sentenced to death for corruption
Iran has sentenced billionaire tycoon Babak Zanjani, reportedly one of the country\'s richest men, to death, convicting him of corruption after a ...IS suicide truck bomb kills 60 south of Baghdad
Islamic State claimed responsibility for a suicide attack with an explosive-laden fuel tanker on an Iraqi police checkpoint south of Baghdad, killing ...Assad must go at start of Syria transition, says Saudi
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad must leave office as soon as a transitional authority is set up, Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said ...Gunmen kill 16, including foreign nuns, at Yemen care home
Gunmen attacked a care home run by missionaries in Yemen\'s jihadist-plagued southern city of Aden on Friday, killing 16 workers including four ...Syrian opposition casts doubt on U.N. peace talk plan
The Syrian opposition cast doubt on Wednesday on whether U.N.-backed peace talks would go ahead on March 9 as planned, as rebels ...Jordan foils IS attacks, kills jihadists
Jordan said Wednesday that it had thwarted planned attacks by the Islamic State group on its soil, killing seven suspected jihadists in ...Russia wants Syrian border with Turkey closed
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov called Tuesday for the closure of Syria\'s border with Turkey to cut off outside supplies to "terrorists", ...Bin Laden left millions for jihad in handwritten will
Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden had millions of dollars stashed in Sudan and wanted most of it to be used to fund ...More than 150,000 Syrian babies born in Turkey
More than 150,000 Syrian babies have been born in Turkey since Syria\'s crisis began, Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Lutfi Elvan said Monday, ...Suicide bombing at Iraqi funeral kills at least 25
A suicide bomber struck an Iraqi funeral on Monday, killing at least 25 people, including a local Shiite militia leader, in a ...




