Middle East
Hamas and Israel agree 72-hour Gaza ceasefire
Israel and Palestinian militant groups in the Gaza Strip have agreed to a three-day humanitarian truce to begin Friday morning, and negotiators ...Kurdish oil cargo unloaded at sea, destination a mystery
Part of a Kurdish oil cargo has been offloaded from a Greek-managed tanker into another tanker in the South China Sea, but ...Scores killed as Israel ramps up Gaza bombardment
Israeli fire killed at least 43 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip early on Wednesday as the Jewish state said it targeted Islamist ...Israel extends Gaza ceasefire for 24 hours, Hamas rejects terms
Hamas resumed rocket fire Saturday on Israel after rejecting Israel\'s offer to extend a humanitarian cease-fire, the latest setback in international efforts ...Jihadists seize Syria army base, behead soldiers
Islamic State fighters have seized a Syrian army base in the northern province of Raqa, killing scores of troops and beheading some ...World pushes for truce as Israel keeps up Gaza assaults
Israel kept up its assaults in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, killing three Palestinians in as many air strikes, as U.S. Secretary ...Ten killed in air strike north of Baghdad
Ten people were killed, including a mother and three children, in a government air strike on a militant-controlled town north of Baghdad ...IAEA says Iran eliminates enriched uranium
Iran has moved to eliminate its most sensitive stockpile of enriched uranium gas under an interim nuclear deal reached with six world ...Israel shells Gaza militants, probes Hamas claim of captured soldier
Israeli tanks shelled militant targets in the Gaza Strip on Monday and a woman died in an air strike after the bloodiest ...Two Israeli soldiers die in Gaza clash; Palestinian toll tops 300
Two Israeli soldiers were killed in a cross-border attack by Hamas militants on Saturday, the army said, as the Palestinian death toll ...




