Middle East
Burundi coup ends in failure, leaders arrested
An attempt to overthrow Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza ended in failure on Friday as coup leaders admitted defeat and were arrested or ...King of Blues BB King dies at 89
B.B. King, whose scorching guitar licks and heartfelt vocals made him the idol of generations of musicians and fans while earning him ...Islamic State leader al-Baghdadi releases audio message
The leader of the Islamic State group Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi on Thursday urged Muslims to emigrate to his self-proclaimed "caliphate", in the ...Iranian ships fire warning shots at Singapore-flagged vessel in Gulf
Iranian Revolutionary Guard forces fired warning shots at a Singapore-flagged commercial ship in the Gulf on Thursday, before vessels from the United ...Islamic State second-in-command killed in Iraq airstrike
Iraq\'s Defence Ministry said on Wednesday the deputy commander of Islamic State insurgents had been killed in a coalition air strike on ...Barack Obama meets two Saudi princes after King sent regrets
President Barack Obama on Wednesday went out of his way to praise two of Saudi Arabia\'s top leaders before meeting privately with ...Nepali troops search for U.S. Marines chopper in rivers
The Nepali army has been told a missing U.S. Marines helicopter with eight on board may have come down in a river ...72 dead as Syria army battles to free loyalists
At least 72 fighters were killed in a single day as the Syrian army battled to relieve some 250 besieged regime loyalists ...Moroccan F-16 jet from Saudi-led coalition in Yemen goes missing
A Moroccan F-16 warplane that is part of the Saudi-led force carrying out air strikes in Yemen has gone missing, Morocco\'s military ...Saudi King Salman skips Obama summit amid angst over US-Iran nuclear negotiations
Newly crowned Saudi King Salman has refused an invitation to attend a landmark summit hosted by President Barack Obama, amid angst over ...




