Car bomb attack on military in Ankara kills 28
Twenty-eight people were killed and dozens wounded in Turkey's capital Ankara on Wednesday when a car laden with explosives detonated next to military buses...
Egypt’s Sisi pardons 3,477 prisoners ahead of Eid holiday
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has pardoned 3477 prisoners before the Eid al-Fitr holiday, many of them imprisoned for debt, the interior ministry said...
Saudi invites Syrian opposition ahead of talks
Saudi Arabia has issued invitations to 65 Syrian opposition figures to attend a conference in Riyadh to try to unify their positions ahead of...
Dutch parliament votes to ban weapon exports to Saudi Arabia
The Dutch parliament passed a bill on Tuesday calling for the government of the Netherlands to halt weapon exports to Saudi Arabia, citing ongoing...
Syrian and Iraqi militants allegedly planned New Year's attack in Germany
Germany received a tip hours before midnight that named militants from Iraq and Syria were planning attacks in Munich but police have been unable...
Kerry calls for clarity to help end Israeli-Palestinian violence
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Monday Israeli and Palestinian leaders need to clarify the status of Jerusalem’s al-Aqsa mosque compound to...
Islamic State rakes in oil earnings of up to $50 million per month
The Islamic State rakes in up to $50 million a month from selling crude from oilfields under its control in Iraq and Syria, part...
Yemen's abundant guns fuel its messy civil war
Yemenis often say there are three guns for every person, a boast that has become an urgent concern in a country where the United...
Pakistan Taliban kill at least 19 as they storm university
Islamist Taliban militants stormed a university in volatile northwestern Pakistan on Wednesday, killing at least 19 people and wounding dozens as the army hunted...
5 tonnes of drugs seized at Beirut airport
Lebanese customs seized five tonnes of Captagon amphetamine pills and hashish at Beirut airport on Tuesday, concealed in primary school desks that were to...
