Middle East
UN holds first high-level meeting on the disabled
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon opened a historic U.N. meeting of world leaders Monday "to break barriers and open doors" for the more than ...Egypt court bans all Muslim Brotherhood activities
An Egyptian court on Monday ordered the Muslim Brotherhood to be banned and its assets confiscated in a dramatic escalation of a ...Syrian troops storm central village, killing 15
Syrian forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad killed at least 15 people overnight in a Sunni Muslim village north-west of the city ...Suicide bombers kill four police in Iraq
Iraqi authorities say suicide bombers have attacked a police headquarters north of Baghdad, killing at least four officers.Israeli forces rough up EU diplomat in the West Bank
Israeli soldiers have manhandled a group of European diplomats and seized trucks carrying tents in the West Bank.Explosion hits Sunni mosque in Iraq, killing 18
At least 18 people were killed and 21 others wounded when a bombing attack struck a Sunni mosque in Iraq on Friday, ...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, ...




