Middle East
A Pivot on the Peace Island
For the past two weeks, I’ve been in the Republic of Korea (ROK), as ...Pope Francis arrives in Jordan for Mideast trip
Pope Francis arrived in Jordan on Saturday to kick off his first visit to the Middle East since becoming the head of ...22 killed as Syria rebels shell Assad election rally
Syrian Islamist rebels bombarded a campaign rally in support of President Bashar al-Assad\'s re-election in a controversial June 3 poll, killing at ...Russia, China veto UN bid to refer Syria to international court
Russia and China have vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution referring the Syrian crisis to the International Criminal Court for investigation of ...Attacks in Baghdad kill 32 Shiite pilgrims
Thirty-two people were killed in three attacks on Shi\'ite Muslim pilgrims walking in Baghdad on Thursday evening ahead of a major religious ...Syrian air defence chief killed in attack by rebels
The chief of Syria\'s air defence forces, General Hussein Ishaq, has been killed in combat near Damascus, a security official has told ...Turkish police detain 24 in coal mine disaster probe
Turkish authorities detained at least 24 people today in connection with Tuesday\'s deadly mining disaster, including mining company executives and employees.Blast near border crossing point between Syria and Turkey kills 43
At least 43 people have been killed and many others wounded in an explosion in northwestern Syria, near a border crossing with ...Israel troops kill 2 Palestinians in Nakba Day clashes
Israeli forces Thursday shot dead two Palestinians during a Nakba Day demonstration in the West Bank, prompting a Palestinian warning of a ...Unions call for nationwide strike after Turkish mine disaster kills 282
Four Turkish labor unions called for a national one-day strike on Thursday in protest against the country\'s worst industrial disaster that killed ...