Middle East
Syrian air strikes kill 82 after rebel rocket attack
Syrian air force strikes killed 82 people in an opposition district outside Damascus following rocket attacks by rebels that hit the government-controlled ...Islamic State executes three Chinese militants
The Islamic State has killed three Chinese militants who joined its ranks in Syria and Iraq and later attempted to flee, a ...Egypt sentences 183 to death over assault on police station
An Egyptian court sentenced 183 supporters of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood to death on Monday on charges of killing police officers, part ...Syrian warplanes kill at least 15 in southern village
Syrian activists say government warplanes have carried out several air raids on a rebel-held village in the country\'s south, killing at least ...Al-Jazeera journalist Peter Greste freed from Egypt prison
Al Jazeera journalist Peter Greste was released from a Cairo jail on Sunday and left Egypt for his native Australia after 400 ...Serbia grants citizenship to main rival of Palestine leader
Serbia has granted citizenship to a key political rival of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas after he pledged millions of dollars in investments ...Japan outraged as video purportedly shows hostage beheaded
Islamic State militants said they had beheaded a second Japanese hostage, journalist Kenji Goto, prompting Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to vow to ...IS chemical weapons expert killed in airstrike, US says
A US-led coalition air strike killed a chemical weapons specialist with the Islamic State group in Iraq who once worked for Saddam ...Japan, Jordan working closely on fate of captive Japanese journalist
Japan was working closely with Jordan on Friday to find out what was happening to a Japanese journalist held by Islamic State ...U.S.-led air strikes hit Islamic State targets in Syria and Iraq
The United States and coalition partners launched six air strikes against Islamic State targets in Syria, and 12 more in Iraq as ...




