Middle East
Islamic State says Australian teenager carries out suicide attack in Iraq
Australia is seeking to confirm Islamic State\'s claim that an Australian teenage recruit died after blowing himself up in Iraq, the country\'s ...Iraqi forces enter northern district of Tikrit
Iraqi security forces and militia fighters captured part of Tikrit\'s northern Qadisiya district on Wednesday in their first advance into the city ...IS claims execution of Arab Israeli accused of spying
The Islamic State released a video Tuesday purporting to show a young boy executing an Arab Israeli who it claimed infiltrated the ...France PM warns that 10,000 Europeans could be waging jihad by year-end
As many as 10,000 Europeans could be waging jihad in Iraq and Syria by the end of this year, French Prime Minister ...Al Qaeda attacks Yemen army base, four dead: residents
At least two militants and two soldiers died in an al Qaeda assault on an army base in southern Yemen early on ...Netanyahu denies reneging on Palestinian state speech
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denies reneging on a 2009 speech in which he acknowledged the need for the creation of a ...UN chief calls on world to stop destruction of Iraqi sites
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on the international community to halt the destruction by Islamic State jihadists of Iraqi archaeological sites, branding ...First round-the-world solar flight takes off from UAE
Two pilots attempting the first flight around the world in a solar-powered plane began the maiden leg of their voyage on Monday, ...Egypt executes Morsi supporter convicted of throwing men off roof
Egypt executed an Islamist on Saturday for a murder committed during riots in mid-2013, the first death sentence carried out against a ...Iraqi and Iranian forces push on toward Tikrit
Iraqi government forces and Iran-backed militiamen entered a town on the southern outskirts of Saddam Hussein\'s home city Tikrit on Friday, pressing ...




