Syrian regime planes bomb Kurdish-held city
Syrian government warplanes bombed Kurdish-held areas of the northeastern city of Hasaka on Thursday for the first time in the five-year-old civil war, the...
Saudi interior ministry names Qatif and Medina bombers
Saudi Arabia said a suicide bomber who attacked the prophet's mosque in the city of Medina on Monday was a 26-year-old Saudi citizen with...
Iraq wants control of Kurdish region’s oil exports – state firm
BAGHDAD, Nov 2 (Reuters) - Iraq wants the Kurdistan region to stop independent crude exports and to hand over sales operations to the Iraqi...
Palestinian journalist held by Israel ends hunger strike
A Palestinian journalist accused by Israel of being a Hamas activist and held without charge has agreed to end his three-month long hunger strike,...
Leonardo DiCaprio finally wins Oscar gold
Hollywood A-lister Leonardo DiCaprio finally snagged Oscars gold on Sunday, 22 years after his first Academy Award nomination -- proving he really is not...
Egypt quashes jail terms for 47 protesters
An Egyptian appeals court has overturned five-year prison sentences for 47 people for participating in unauthorised protests, but upheld fines of more than $11,000...
Bomb kills two human rights workers in Afghan capital
Kabul (AFP) - Two employees of Afghanistan's human rights body were killed in a bomb attack in Kabul on Saturday, the agency said.
The Afghanistan...
Italy agrees to let anti-ISIS drones depart from Sicily
Italy has agreed to let armed U.S. drones take off from an air base in Sicily on a case-by-case basis for defensive missions against Islamic...
Saudi confirms 'genuine' $681 million donation to Malaysian PM
Saudi Arabia has for the first time publicly confirmed Malaysia's claim that the Saudi royal family deposited $681 million into Prime Minister Najib Razak's...
Yemen shells wound 2 in Saudi border zone
Shelling from Yemen has wounded two people in southern Saudi Arabia, the kingdom's civil defence agency said late Thursday, in a rare breach of...
