Middle East
Obama gets key support for Syria strike
U.S. President Barack Obama won his first major victories on securing Congress support for strikes on Syria, with senior members on both ...Explosion near Turkish-Syrian border kills six
An explosion on the border between Turkey\'s southern province of Hatay and Syria killed six people on Tuesday, Turkish media said, but ...Syria tensions rise as Israel test-fires missile defence system
Israel on Tuesday announced the successful launch of a missile in a joint exercise with the United States, which came as Washington ...UN says Syria refugees top 2 million mark
The number of refugees fleeing Syria\'s bloody civil war has surged past the 2 million mark, with almost 5,000 people crossing into ...Egypt Brotherhood members sentenced to life
An Egyptian military court on Tuesday sentenced 11 members of the Muslim Brotherhood to life in prison after accusing them of "aggression" ...Dozens killed by car bombs across Iraqi capital
At least 56 people were killed and more than 170 others were wounded Tuesday when nine car bombs exploded in largely Shiite ...Brazil summons US ambassador over spying allegations
The US ambassador to Brazil was summoned by authorities Monday over new allegations that the US National Security Agency spied on President ...Russia may send lawmakers to US to discuss Syria
Russian lawmakers want to travel to Washington to urge the U.S. Congress not to back President Barack Obama\'s plan for military strikes ...Palestinian girl, 16, becomes youngest minister in the world
Exactly the same day she turned 16 years old, a Palestinian girl called Bashaer Othman became the youngest minister in the world. ...U.S. has evidence sarin gas used on Syrian civilians, Kerry says
Secretary of State John Kerry said the United States now has evidence Syria used sarin gas in a recent attack on civilians ...




