Middle East
Japan condemns apparent IS execution, demands hostage release
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Sunday called the apparent killing of a Japanese captive by Islamic State militants "outrageous and impermissible," ...Saudi King Abdullah dies, new ruler is Salman
Saudi Arabia\'s King Abdullah died early on Friday and his brother Salman became king, the royal court in the world\'s ...Yemen president quits, throwing country deeper into chaos
Yemeni President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi resigned on Thursday, days after Houthi rebels battled their way into his presidential palace, plunging ...Houthis take over Yemen presidential palace
Fighters from the Houthi group battled guards at the Yemeni president\'s private home and entered the presidential palace on Tuesday, ...Islamic State threatens to kill two Japanese hostages
The militant Islamic State group released an online video on Tuesday purporting to show two Japanese captives and threatening to ...Iran general killed with Hezbollah fighters in Israel raid
An Israeli strike on Syria killed an Iranian general, Tehran confirmed Monday, as thousands of supporters of Lebanon\'s Hezbollah gathered to bury ...Israeli strike in Syria kills senior Hezbollah figures
An Israeli helicopter strike in Syria killed a commander from Lebanon\'s Hezbollah and the son of the group\'s late military leader Imad ...Palestinians throw eggs at Canadian FM, escalating diplomatic spat
Palestinian protesters heckled and threw eggs at Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird during a visit to the occupied West Bank on Sunday, ...ICC opens examination of Israeli-Palestinian conflict
The International Criminal Court has launched an inquiry into possible war crimes in the Palestinian territories, opening a path to possible charges ...IS kills 26 in surprise attack on Iraqi Kurdish forces
Militants from the Islamic State jihadist group launched a surprise attack on Kurdish forces in the Gwer area of north ...




