Middle East
Half a million flee Iraqi city of Mosul
Half a million people were estimated Wednesday to have fled Iraq\'s second city of Mosul, as Islamist militants tightened their grip after ...Iraqi PM calls for emergency as militants seize Mosul
Iraq\'s prime minister has asked parliament to declare a state of emergency over a militant attack in Mosul.FARC declares truce for Colombia election
Colombia\'s FARC rebels declared a ceasefire on Saturday for a three-week period covering a tight presidential election race on June 15, campaigning ...Egyptian court sentences 10 Muslim Brotherhood supporters to death
A court in Egypt has sentenced 10 Islamist supporters of ousted president Mohammed Morsi\'s Muslim Brotherhood to death for inciting violence and ...Syria vote proves no solution without Assad, says Hezbollah
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad\'s re-election proves that any solution to the country\'s conflict "begins and ends" with the embattled leader, Lebanon\'s Hezbollah ...Bashar al-Assad re-elected Syrian president for third term
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has been re-elected in a landslide, officials said on Wednesday, capturing another seven-year term in the middle of ...Egypt’s ex-army chief Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi declared new president
Egypt\'s former military chief Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi was officially declared the next president Tuesday, winning elections to replace the Islamist leader he removed ...Saudi MERS death toll surges to 282
A report by the official Saudi Press Agency said authorities have registered a total of 688 confirmed infections and 282 deaths as ...Syrians vote in presidential elections
Syrians voted Tuesday in a presidential election that is all but guaranteed to hand Bashar Assad another seven-year term.Sandstorm kills at least 4 in Iran capital
A massive sandstorm and record winds killed at least four people in Tehran on Monday, plunging the Iranian capital into darkness, knocking ...




