Middle East
Cease-fire reached in Syrian city of Homs
A ceasefire agreement has been reached in the central Syrian city of Homs, according to local activists and a Lebanese TV channel ...Ukraine reinstates military conscription
The interim Ukrainian president reinstated military conscription Thursday in the face of an increasingly empowered pro-Russian separatist insurgency in the country\'s eastern ...At least 33 killed in Aleppo airstrikes, Syrian opposition group says
At least 33 civilians have been killed and scores of others have been injured in a government airstrike on a market in ...Protesters mark May Day across the globe
Labor and trade unions across much of the world organize demonstrations to mark International Workers\' Day on May 1.Senior US lawmaker blocks aid for Egyptian military
US senator Patrick Leahy, chairman of the Senate subcommittee that oversees foreign aid, said on Tuesday he would not approve sending funds ...Airstrike on Syrian school kills 18, say activists
An air raid on a rebel-held neighbourhood of Syria\'s main northern city Aleppo hit a school, killing at least 18 people, 10 ...58 killed after attacks hit two major cities in Syria
At least 58 people have been killed and scores wounded in a series of attacks in Syria. A car bomb killed 40 ...Dozens killed in suicide attacks ahead of Iraqi vote
Attacks including a spate of suicide bombings killed 57 people on Monday as soldiers and policemen cast their votes in Iraq\'s first ...Egypt sentences 683 Morsi supporters to death
An Egyptian court on Monday sentenced Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed Badie and 682 supporters to death, a lawyer and prosecutor said.Deadly MERS virus still spreading in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia, where MERS was discovered around two years ago and which remains the country most affected, has now had 339 confirmed ...




