Middle East
Britain reopens embassy in Iran
Britain\'s foreign secretary reopened his country\'s embassy in Tehran on Sunday in a long-awaited step signalling better relations four years after a ...Islamic State second-in-command died in US air strike
The second-in-command of the Islamic State jihadist group has been killed in a US air strike in northern Iraq, the White House ...North Korea orders troops on war footing after exchange of fire with South
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ordered his troops onto a war footing from 5 p.m on Friday after his government issued ...Suicide bomber kills 11 in northeast Syria
A suicide bomber killed at least 11 people in an attack Wednesday on Kurdish security forces in the northeastern Syrian city of ...Syria regime retakes villages near stronghold
Syria\'s armed forces on Tuesday wrested back control of a series of key villages near the regime\'s coastal bastion that had been ...U.N. ‘horrified’ by attacks on Syrian civilians
The death toll in Syrian government air strikes on a rebel-held town outside Damascus neared 100 on Monday, with UN officials expressing ...Syria regime air raids kill 70 civilians near Damascus
At least 70 people were killed Sunday in a string of Syrian government air strikes on a marketplace in Douma, a rebel-held ...17 Iraqi troops killed by IS militants near Fallujah
Islamic State militants launched an attack against government troops Sunday outside the militant-held city of Fallujah, killing at least 17 troops, officials ...Syria ceasefire ends, fighting resumes
A temporary ceasefire between warring parties in Syria collapsed on Saturday as negotiations failed to reach a more permanent agreement to end ...US hostage raped by top IS leader before death
US hostage Kayla Mueller was raped repeatedly by Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the self-proclaimed caliph of the Islamic State jihadist group, before her ...




