Middle East
Israel, Palestinians renew truce but see risk of more Gaza violence
The chief Palestinian delegate to truce talks with Israel warned on Tuesday that Gaza violence could erupt anew unless progress is made ...U.S. bars all American airlines from flying over Syria
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration has barred all American airlines from flying over Syria, saying the ongoing conflict poses a "serious potential ...U.S. says conducts air strikes in Iraq near Arbil and Mosul dam
The United States on Saturday conducted air strikes in Iraq against Islamic State fighters near the Kurdish capital of Arbil and the ...Islamic State executed 700 people from Syrian tribe, activists say
The Islamic State militant group has executed 700 members of a tribe it has been battling in eastern Syria during the past ...Hamas says Israel must accept Palestinian demands or face long war
Hamas rejected on Saturday as insufficient offers made in Cairo to Palestinian negotiators seeking to end Israel\'s offensive in the Gaza Strip, ...Islamic State massacres 80 Yazidis in north Iraq, say officials
Islamic State insurgents "massacred" some 80 members of Iraq\'s Yazidi minority in a village in the country\'s north, a Yazidi lawmaker and ...Palestinians accuse Israel of violating Gaza truce
The Palestinian Interior Ministry in Gaza accused Israel on Friday of a cross-border shooting in violation of a truce that has largely ...Maliki refuses to go as Iraqis turn to new leader
An increasingly isolated Nuri al-Maliki again protested his removal as Iraqi prime minister on Wednesday, as his own political party and his ...Renewed Israel, Palestinian truce off to shaky start
Israel and the Palestinians renewed a truce that had largely tempered a five-week-old war, but the deal got off to a shaky ...Islamic militants seize 2 northern Syrian towns
Islamic extremists captured two key towns and several villages near Syria\'s northern border with Turkey on Wednesday after pushing out rival fighters ...