Iraqi forces 'retake key Ramadi district' from ISIS
Iraqi government forces have recaptured a key district in the city of Ramadi, which is controlled by the jihadist group Islamic State, officials say.
The...
U.S. military discloses civilian casualties in airstrikes against ISIS
The U.S. military said on Friday it believed eight civilians were likely killed and three others wounded in airstrikes against ISIS targets in Iraq...
Yemen air strike kills medical charity ambulance driver
An ambulance driver working with Doctors Without Borders has been killed in an air strike in Yemen, the medical charity said on Friday, the...
Six killed in bombing and clashes with militants in western Libya
A suicide bomber killed a member of the security forces in Libya at a checkpoint south of Misrata on Wednesday, while five people were...
Saudi diplomat accused of rape withdrawn from India
Saudi Arabia has withdrawn the diplomat accused of repeatedly raping and torturing two Nepali maids working at his home near New Delhi, ending an...
10 Yemeni ex-Guantanamo inmates arrive in Oman: ministry
Ten former inmates at the US detention centre in Guantanamo Bay arrived in Oman Thursday for a "temporary stay" as Washington vies to close...
ISIS radio beams propaganda, threats across rural Afghanistan
The Afghan reporters recognized the voice threatening them with death on ISIS group's local radio station. It was a former colleague, who knows their names...
Death toll in Syrian civil war is 470,000
In five years of civil war, 400,000 Syrians have been killed and another 70,000 have perished due to a lack of basics such as...
Saudi king receives Palestinian president Abbas
Saudi Arabia's King Salman received Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Riyadh on Wednesday and reiterated the kingdom's support for the Palestinian people, state news...
Kabul suicide attack deadliest day for Afghan journalists
The suicide attack that killed nine Afghan journalists as they gathered to cover a bomb explosion in the capital Kabul on Monday was the...
