Middle East
Egypt court confirms death sentence on Brotherhood leader
An Egyptian court has confirmed death sentences for 183 Islamists, including Muslim Brotherhood chief Mohamed Badie, a prosecutor said, after a speedy ...Iraqi militants take border post with Syria
The militants, led by the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), first moved into the nearby town of al-Qaim on ...Kevlar inventor Stephanie Kwolek dies at 90
Stephanie Kwolek, the American chemist who invented the super-strong fibre Kevlar used in bullet-proof vests, has died at age 90UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon calls for arms embargo on Syria
United Nations: UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Friday urged the Security Council to impose an arms embargo on Syria, in a ...Global refugee figures highest since Second World War, UN says
The number of refugees, asylum seekers and internally displaced people has surged to more than 50 million people, the first time since ...Syria car blast kills dozens
A car bomb in Syria\'s western Hama province killed 34 and wounded more than 50, Syria\'s state news agency SANA said on ...Obama plans to send military advisers to Iraq
U.S. President Barack Obama said on Thursday he\'s prepared to send up to 300 military advisers to Iraq to “assess how we can ...Iraq asks for US air strikes, as extremists take control of largest oil refinery
Iraq has asked the US to stage air attacks on Sunni insurgents as the Islamist fighters edged closer to full control of ...Egypt frees Al Jazeera hunger strike journalist Abdullah Elshamy
Egypt has released Al-Jazeera journalist Abdullah Elshamy, who has been on hunger strike for nearly five months in protest over his detention.Obama sends troops to protect US missions in Iraq
The United States is deploying up to 275 military troops to Iraq to protect the U.S. Embassy and other American interests and ...