Middle East
9 people killed in sightseeing plane crash in U.S.
A sightseeing plane crashed in southeast Alaska Thursday killing all nine people onboard, US police said.IS sells 42 Yazidi women to fighters in Syria
The Islamic State group on Thursday sold 42 Iraqi women it had abducted from the Yazidi religious minority to its fighters in ...Islamic State militants kill 14 Iraqi soldiers
Islamic State militants detonated a car bomb and then opened fire on Iraqi troops in the western province of Anbar on Thursday, ...Record 18 journalists jailed in Egypt, says watchdog
Journalists are facing "unprecedented threats" in Egypt with a record number behind bars, mostly for links with ousted president Mohamed Morsi\'s banned ...Islamic State attacks Syrian army, Kurds in new offensive
Islamic State fighters launched simultaneous attacks against the Syrian government and Kurdish militia overnight, moving back onto the offensive after losing ground ...More German women joining IS to fight, intelligence head says
Germany\'s domestic intelligence agency (BfV) fears a growing number of women have gone to Iraq and Syria to fight alongside Islamic State ...Syrian Kurds seize military base from Islamic State
Kurdish-led forces in Syria seized a town from Islamic State on Tuesday after capturing a military base overnight, aided by U.S.-led air ...Britain, France demand Iran nuclear inspections
Britain and France insisted Monday that any deal on Iran\'s contested nuclear programme must include a comprehensive verification regime to ensure Tehran ...Germany frees al-Jazeera journalist
German authorities on Monday ordered the release of Al-Jazeera journalist Ahmed Mansour, two days after detaining him at the request of his ...Saudi air strikes kill 15 in Yemen
Saudi-led airstrikes killed 15 people and wounded dozens across Yemen late on Saturday, the Houthi-run Saba news agency reported.




