Middle East
Thousands protest against corruption in Iraq capital
Thousands of Iraqis demonstrated against corruption in Baghdad\'s Tahrir Square on Friday, including supporters of powerful Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr.Asteroid will not destroy Earth next month: NASA
The world can breathe easy. A giant asteroid is not hurtling towards Earth about to wipe out much of the Americas, NASA ...Islamic State attacks kill 51 Syrian soldiers in north
Attacks by Islamic State militants have killed 51 Syrian soldiers holed up in an air base in the northern province of Aleppo ...Britain plans to crack down on illegal migrant workers
People found working illegally in England and Wales face up to six months in prison and could have their wages seized under ...Police, anti-government protesters again clash in Beirut
Protests against the Lebanese government turned violent for a second day on Sunday, and Prime Minister Tammam Salam threatened to resign as ...Britain reopens embassy in Iran
Britain\'s foreign secretary reopened his country\'s embassy in Tehran on Sunday in a long-awaited step signalling better relations four years after a ...North Korea orders troops on war footing after exchange of fire with South
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ordered his troops onto a war footing from 5 p.m on Friday after his government issued ...Islamic State second-in-command died in US air strike
The second-in-command of the Islamic State jihadist group has been killed in a US air strike in northern Iraq, the White House ...Suicide bomber kills 11 in northeast Syria
A suicide bomber killed at least 11 people in an attack Wednesday on Kurdish security forces in the northeastern Syrian city of ...Syria regime retakes villages near stronghold
Syria\'s armed forces on Tuesday wrested back control of a series of key villages near the regime\'s coastal bastion that had been ...




