Middle East
17 killed in Iraq violence
A total of 17 people were killed and 23 others wounded on Saturday in separate attacks across Iraq, including the volatile province ...Two Spanish journalists freed in Syria
Two Spanish journalists were freed by their kidnappers in Syria after more than six months in captivity, Spain\'s El Mundo newspaper reported.Egypt sentences two Morsi supporters to death
A court in Egypt on Saturday sentenced to death two supporters of deposed president Mohamed Morsi convicted of throwing youths off an ...Turkey bans YouTube after Syria security talk leaked
The Turkish government blocked access to YouTube on Thursday, after an audio recording was uploaded to the platform in which the foreign ...Egypt adjourns mass Brotherhood trial
An Egyptian court Tuesday adjourned the trial of Muslim Brotherhood chief Mohammed Badie and 682 alleged supporters to April 28, when it ...Arab summit kicks off with calls to arm Syria rebels
Syria\'s opposition chief urged Arab leaders Tuesday to pressure the international community to supply rebels with advanced weapons that would tip the ...Egypt sentences 529 Muslim Brotherhood members to death
An Egyptian court has sentenced 529 members of the Muslim Brotherhood to death on charges including murder, a defence lawyer said, in ...Twenty Yemeni soldiers killed in attack on checkpoint
Twenty Yemeni soldiers were killed in an attack on a military checkpoint in the eastern province of Hadramout, state news agency Saba ...Turkey downs Syria warplane
Turkish fighter jets shot down a Syrian warplane on Sunday after it violated Turkish airspace, Turkey\'s prime minister said.Malaysia: Chinese satellite found object in ocean
China is investigating new satellite images of debris in the southern Indian Ocean, potentially from missing flight MH370, Malaysian officials say.