Middle East
Blasts destroy Hamas, Islamic Jihad cars in Gaza
Explosions on Sunday destroyed five cars in Gaza belonging to members of Hamas and Islamic Jihad, witnesses and a security source said, ...Saudi Arabia arrests 431 Islamic State suspects
Saudi Arabia has arrested 431 people suspected of belonging to Islamic State cells and thwarted attacks on mosques, security forces and a ...Car bomb kills more than 100 in Iraq, Islamic State claims responsibility
More than 100 people were killed in a suicide car bombing at a busy market in an Iraqi town on Friday, in ...Japan to start from scratch on Tokyo Olympic stadium plan
Japan scrapped the design of the Olympic stadium for the 2020 Tokyo Games because of soaring costs Friday and said it will ...IS claims suicide bombing in Saudi capital
A suicide bomber wounded two policemen at a checkpoint near a high-security prison in the Saudi capital Riyadh in an attack claimed ...Russia plans fuel shipments to Syria from Crimea
Russia plans to supply Syria with 200,000 tonnes of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) per year via the Crimean port of Kerch, two ...IS claims missile attack on Egypt navy boat
The Islamic State jihadist group said it carried out a missile attack on an Egyptian navy vessel off North Sinai on Thursday, ...Obama defends Iran nuclear deal as battle moves to Congress
US President Barack Obama sought Wednesday to defend a ground-breaking deal to curb Iran\'s nuclear program from a tide of criticism, saying ...World leaders hail Iran nuclear deal
World leaders hailed the Iran nuclear deal on Tuesday, with Barack Obama envisioning a "new direction" and Vladimir Putin voicing a global ...UN: World can end AIDS epidemic by 2030
The world can end the AIDS epidemic by 2030, the United Nations said on Tuesday, highlighting global success in rolling out life-saving ...




