Middle East
US launches four airstrikes against Islamic militants in Iraq
The U.S. military says American jet fighters and drones have conducted four more airstrikes on Islamic militants in Iraq, taking out armored ...Women stoned to death in Syria for adultery
A cleric read the verdict before the truck came and dumped a large pile of stones near the municipal garden. Jihadi fighters ...Yemen militants shoot 14 soldiers, drone kills three al Qaeda suspects
Reuters) – An al Qaeda-affiliated group in Yemen said it killed 14 soldiers in an eastern province as revenge for an army ...Israelis, Gaza militants fight on, defying truce efforts
Israel launched more than 20 aerial attacks in Gaza on Saturday, killing five Palestinians, and militants fired rockets at Israel as the ...US launches airstrikes in Iraq
U.S. warplanes bombed Islamist fighters marching on Iraq\'s Kurdish capital on Friday after President Barack Obama said Washington must act to prevent ...Israel strikes Gaza after militants resume rocket fire
Israel launched air strikes across the Gaza Strip on Friday in response to Palestinian rockets fired after Egyptian-mediated talks failed to extend ...US President Barack Obama authorises airstrikes in Iraq
President Barack Obama said on Thursday he had authorized limited U.S. airstrikes to blunt the onslaught of Islamic militants in northern Iraq ...Israel says rockets fired from Gaza, violating cease-fire
Two rockets were fired from the Gaza Strip early Friday landing in empty fields in southern Israel just hours ahead of the ...Saudi bans brides from 4 countries
Saudi men have been banned from marrying women from three Asian and one African country as the Gulf state toughens the rules ...Hamas leader at Gaza rally: War not over yet
A senior Hamas official has told supporters at a Gaza City rally that the war with Israel won\'t be over until the ...