Middle East
Israelis, Gaza militants fight on, defying truce efforts
Israel launched more than 20 aerial attacks in Gaza on Saturday, killing five Palestinians, and militants fired rockets at Israel as the ...Israel says rockets fired from Gaza, violating cease-fire
Two rockets were fired from the Gaza Strip early Friday landing in empty fields in southern Israel just hours ahead of the ...US launches airstrikes in Iraq
U.S. warplanes bombed Islamist fighters marching on Iraq\'s Kurdish capital on Friday after President Barack Obama said Washington must act to prevent ...Israel strikes Gaza after militants resume rocket fire
Israel launched air strikes across the Gaza Strip on Friday in response to Palestinian rockets fired after Egyptian-mediated talks failed to extend ...US President Barack Obama authorises airstrikes in Iraq
President Barack Obama said on Thursday he had authorized limited U.S. airstrikes to blunt the onslaught of Islamic militants in northern Iraq ...Hamas leader at Gaza rally: War not over yet
A senior Hamas official has told supporters at a Gaza City rally that the war with Israel won\'t be over until the ...Iraq: Suicide attack kills 12 people in Baghdad
Iraqi officials say a suicide car bomber has rammed his explosives-laden car into a police checkpoint in Baghdad, killing at least 12 ...Saudi bans brides from 4 countries
Saudi men have been banned from marrying women from three Asian and one African country as the Gulf state toughens the rules ...Gaza ceasefire holding on second day, talks under way in Egypt
A Gaza truce was holding on Wednesday as Egyptian mediators pursued talks with Israeli and Palestinian representatives on an enduring end to ...Kurds, Islamic State clash near Kurdish regional capital
Kurdish forces attacked Islamic State fighters near the Kurdish regional capital of Arbil in northern Iraq on Wednesday in a change of ...




