Middle East
MERS virus transmitted from animals to humans more than once
Saudi Arabia has experienced most of the cases and deaths since the new MERS virus was identified in September 2012.40 soldiers killed in Yemen suicide bombings
Three suicide car bombings hit a key military site in Yemen\'s southeastern province of Shabwa early Friday, leaving at least 40 soldiers ...Syrian war has reached stalemate, deputy PM says
The civil war in Syria has reached a stalemate, according to the country\'s deputy prime minister.Egypt security forces storm Kerdassah, police officer killed
A senior police officer was killed when Egyptian security forces stormed a village outside Cairo Thursday in the latest crackdown on militants, ...Syrian chemical weapons destruction will take one year, Assad says
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has pledged to destroy his stockpile of chemical arms but said it would take one year to do ...Russia says it has proof rebels behind deadly chemical attack in Syria
Russia claims to have received evidence from the Syrian regime implicating rebels in a deadly poison gas attack, as divisions re-emerged ...Iran releases human rights lawyer, other prisoners
Iran has released several political prisoners this week, among them a prominent human rights lawyer, in the first sign that the moderate ...Austria gunman kills 4 in ongoing standoff
A gunman in Austria killed four people, including three police officers, and was firing sporadically Tuesday at police after barricading himself in ...Russia and France still differ on Syria
Russia has said it still suspected that last month\'s chemical weapons attack in Syria was carried out by rebel forces, despite a ...Obama clears way for chemical weapons aid to Syria
U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday signed a presidential determination allowing non-lethal assistance — including special equipment to help neutralize chemical weapons ...




