Middle East
Car bomb blasts in Baghdad killed 20 people
A car bomb killed at least 16 people and wounded 30 Wednesday in a mostly Shiite Muslim neighbourhood of the Iraqi capital, ...Egypt jails former Mubarak PM for corruption
An Egyptian court sentenced a former prime minister of ousted president Hosni Mubarak Wednesday to five years in prison for corruption and ...Three Spanish journalists kidnapped in Syria
Three Spanish journalists have gone missing in Syria and are believed to have been kidnapped, according to the Spanish press association FAPE.U.S. imposes sanctions on Hezbollah officials for Syria support
The U.S. government on Tuesday imposed sanctions on three leaders of the militant group Hezbollah and a businessman in Lebanon, saying they ...Dozens die in Turkey blast near Syria border
An explosion outside a cultural center in the Turkish town of Suruc near the border with Syria killed at least 31 people ...Blasts destroy Hamas, Islamic Jihad cars in Gaza
Explosions on Sunday destroyed five cars in Gaza belonging to members of Hamas and Islamic Jihad, witnesses and a security source said, ...Saudi Arabia arrests 431 Islamic State suspects
Saudi Arabia has arrested 431 people suspected of belonging to Islamic State cells and thwarted attacks on mosques, security forces and a ...Car bomb kills more than 100 in Iraq, Islamic State claims responsibility
More than 100 people were killed in a suicide car bombing at a busy market in an Iraqi town on Friday, in ...Japan to start from scratch on Tokyo Olympic stadium plan
Japan scrapped the design of the Olympic stadium for the 2020 Tokyo Games because of soaring costs Friday and said it will ...IS claims suicide bombing in Saudi capital
A suicide bomber wounded two policemen at a checkpoint near a high-security prison in the Saudi capital Riyadh in an attack claimed ...




