Middle East
Al-Qaida leader pledges allegiance to new Taliban chief
Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, in an online audio message, pledged allegiance to the new head of the Afghan Taliban in a ...Scores killed in Baghdad market truck bombing
At least 60 people were killed and 200 wounded in a blast on Thursday at a market in Baghdad\'s Sadr City district, ...Two-day ceasefire agreed in some Syrian towns
A 48-hour ceasefire has been agreed between Syrian insurgents, the army and the Lebanese Hezbollah group in the rebel-held town of Zabadani ...Turkish air strikes hit 17 Kurdish militant targets, military says
The Turkish military ratcheted up pressure on Kurdish militants with a fresh round of air strikes in the southeast of the country ...Gunmen target US consulate in Turkey
Turkey\'s largest city Istanbul was Monday shaken by twin attacks on the US consulate and a police station as tensions spiral amid ...U.S. sends six jets, 300 personnel to Turkey base in Islamic State fight
The United States sent six F-16 jets and about 300 personnel to Incirlik Air Base in Turkey on Sunday, the U.S. military ...Iraq PM bids to end vice president and deputy PM roles
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi called on Sunday for the multiple positions of vice president and deputy prime minister to be canceled, ...Father of Palestinian toddler killed in West Bank arson attack dies
The father of a Palestinian toddler killed in an arson attack on his home a week ago died on Saturday of wounds ...Bangladesh blogger hacked to death
A gang armed with machetes hacked a secular blogger to death at his home in Dhaka Friday, sparking protests in the capital ...Islamic State group seizes central Syrian town
The Islamic State group on Thursday seized a key town in central Syria following heavy clashes with President Bashar Assad\'s forces, in ...




