Middle East
120m girls sexually abused says UN
About 120 million girls worldwide have been forced to have sex, according to a United Nations report.Obama calls for anti-jihadist front as UK, France weigh strikes
US President Barack Obama called for an international front against jihadists in Iraq and Syria after they beheaded a second American reporter, ...NATO shakes up Russia strategy over Ukraine crisis
NATO will bolster its eastern defenses and buttress support for Kiev at a summit starting on Thursday, prompted by the Ukraine crisis ...Al Qaeda announces India wing, renews loyalty to Taliban chief
Al Qaeda leader Ayman al Zawahri on Wednesday announced the formation of an Indian branch of his militant group he said would ...Three Key Policy Issues and Strategies for Israeli-Palestinian Peace
In the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, there are three key ...U.S. strikes Somali militant camp in bid to kill al Shabaab leader
A U.S. military airstrike in Somalia has targeted the leader of the Islamist militant group al Shabaab, Somali and U.S. officials said ...Syrian refugees top 3 million, half of all Syrians displaced: U.N.
Three million Syrian refugees will have registered in neighboring countries as of Friday, an exodus that began in March 2011 and shows ...U.N. says 43 Golan peacekeepers seized by Syria militants, 81 trapped
Militants fighting the Syrian army have detained 43 U.N. peacekeepers in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights and trapped another 81 in the region, ...4 Iraqi soldiers killed in clashes with militants
Iraqi police officials say that clashes between Iraqi soldiers and militants with the Islamic State group south of Baghdad have killed four ...No let-up in Gaza war as Egypt presses on with truce efforts
Israeli air strikes killed at least five Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and militants kept up their rocket fire on southern Israel ...