Al Jazeera says its crew kidnapped in Yemeni city of Taiz
The Doha-based Al Jazeera news channel said on Thursday three of its journalists had been kidnapped in the besieged Yemeni city of Taiz and...
Turkey sees ISIS hand in blast
Turkey is targeting Daesh in investigations of a double suicide bombing in Ankara that killed up to 128 people, officials said on Sunday, while...
U.S. says to meet on Israel-Palestinian unrest and Syria in Europe
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said it was important that Israeli and Palestinian leaders clarify the status around Jerusalem's al-Aqsa mosque compound and...
Germany says EU 'needs Turkey' to halt migrant tide
EU leaders meet Thursday to try to persuade Turkey to help stem the flow of refugees towards Europe, with German chancellor Angela Merkel saying...
Journey of faith: Pilgrims begin moving into Mina
As the night wore on Monday, pilgrims started filling into the tent city of Mina.
They came in ones and twos, some on foot, some...
Saudi embassy attacked in Iran
Angry crowds protesting at Saudi Arabia's execution of a Shiite cleric hurled petrol bombs and stormed the kingdom's embassy in Tehran Saturday before being...
Top south Yemen officials survive bombing
Three senior south Yemeni officials survived a car bombing that targeted their convoy in the port city of Aden Tuesday and killed one of...
Closed migrant camps in Greece starting from March
Greece will begin setting up closed camps for asylum seekers on its Aegean islands in March in response to growing tensions over the migrants'...
Turkey launches new artillery strikes at ISIS in Syria
Turkey's artillery shelled Islamic State group (ISIS) targets across the border in Syria for the second consecutive day on Tuesday, a senior Turkish official...
Russian military mission in Syria brings history full circle
Valery Anisimov and his fellow Russian servicemen were smuggled out of the Black Sea hiding below the decks of their ship, they grew their...
