Middle East
Gaza ceasefire holding on second day, talks under way in Egypt
A Gaza truce was holding on Wednesday as Egyptian mediators pursued talks with Israeli and Palestinian representatives on an enduring end to ...Kurds, Islamic State clash near Kurdish regional capital
Kurdish forces attacked Islamic State fighters near the Kurdish regional capital of Arbil in northern Iraq on Wednesday in a change of ...New Gaza cease-fire begins as Israel withdraws troops
Israel withdrew ground forces from the Gaza Strip on Tuesday and started a 72-hour ceasefire with Hamas mediated by Egypt as a ...Israelis, Palestinians set to launch 72-hour truce in monthlong war
Israel and Islamist Hamas were expected to hold their fire for three days starting on Tuesday, under terms of an Egyptian-brokered truce, ...Iraqi PM orders air force to help Kurds fight Islamic State
Iraq\'s Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki ordered his air force for the first time to back Kurdish forces against Islamic State fighters after ...Saudi beheads Nepalese maid for toddler murder
Saudi authorities on Monday beheaded a Nepalese housemaid convicted of murdering a two-year-old boy by slitting his throat, the interior ministry said.Palestinians accuse Israel of breaking truce
Palestinians accused Israel of breaking its own ceasefire on Monday by launching a bomb attack on a refugee camp in Gaza City ...Lebanese army advances in border area, finds 50 bodies: official
The Lebanese army advanced on Monday into a border town attacked by Islamists at the weekend in the most serious spillover of ...Israel declares seven-hour Gaza truce
Israel said it would unilaterally hold fire in most of the Gaza Strip on Monday to facilitate the entry of humanitarian aid ...Syrian rebels kill 10, capture others in Lebanon
Syrian rebels killed 10 Lebanese troops and likely captured over a dozen more in a raid on a Lebanese border town, the ...