Middle East
Maliki refuses to go as Iraqis turn to new leader
An increasingly isolated Nuri al-Maliki again protested his removal as Iraqi prime minister on Wednesday, as his own political party and his ...Renewed Israel, Palestinian truce off to shaky start
Israel and the Palestinians renewed a truce that had largely tempered a five-week-old war, but the deal got off to a shaky ...Islamic militants seize 2 northern Syrian towns
Islamic extremists captured two key towns and several villages near Syria\'s northern border with Turkey on Wednesday after pushing out rival fighters ...Power struggle on Baghdad streets as Maliki replaced but refuses to go
Iraq\'s president named a new prime minister to end Nuri al-Maliki\'s eight-year rule on Monday, but the veteran leader refused to go ...Israelis, Palestinians begin new talks to end Gaza war
Israeli and Palestinian negotiators resumed indirect talks mediated by Egypt on Monday to end a month-old Gaza war, Egypt\'s state news agency ...Israel, Palestinians launch new three-day truce
Israel and the Palestinians held their fire early on Monday at the start of a new 72-hour ceasefire proposed by Egypt that ...Passenger plane crashes in Iran, at least 38 dead
An Iranian passenger plane crashed Sunday moments after takeoff from Tehran, killing at least 38 on board and narrowly avoiding many more ...Turkey votes in landmark presidential election
Turks voted Sunday in their first direct presidential election, a watershed event in the country\'s 91-year history that could cement Prime Minister ...US launches four airstrikes against Islamic militants in Iraq
The U.S. military says American jet fighters and drones have conducted four more airstrikes on Islamic militants in Iraq, taking out armored ...Women stoned to death in Syria for adultery
A cleric read the verdict before the truck came and dumped a large pile of stones near the municipal garden. Jihadi fighters ...




