Middle East
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 ...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 ...Egypt to put ex-president Mohammed Morsi on trial
Egypt\'s public prosecutor on Sunday ordered former President Morsi to stand trial on charges of committing and inciting violence.Iranian dissidents killed in Iraq camp, UN demands inquiry
At least 47 Iranian opposition members are believed to have been killed in "Ashraf City," also known as Camp Ashraf, after the ...Radiation readings spike at Fukushima nuclear plant
Radiation at a tank holding contaminated water at a crippled Japanese nuclear power plant has increased by a factor of 18, the ...Obama says US should strike Syria, will seek congressional vote
President Barack Obama says he has decided that the United States should take military action against Syria in response to a deadly ...




