Saudi murderer punished in Taif
Saudi Arabia on Monday executed one of its citizens after he was convicted of running over and killing a fellow tribesman, the interior ministry...
French judge steps up Le Pen investigation over Islamic State tweets
A judge placed France's far-right leader Marine Le Pen under formal investigation on Thursday on suspicion of disseminating violent images over tweets she posted...
1 Gazan killed, 49 wounded by Israeli fire in border protest
Israeli troops fired live bullets and tear gas Friday across a border fence into Gaza where Palestinian protesters threw stones, burned tires and flew...
Deaths in West Bank stabbing, shooting violence now at 120
Two Palestinians attempted to stab an Israeli soldier and a pedestrian in separate attacks near Jewish settlements in the West Bank on Tuesday, authorities...
Egypt begins parliamentary election
Egypt has had no parliament since June 2012 when a court dissolved the democratically-elected main chamber, then dominated by the Muslim Brotherhood, reversing a...
Iran and Russia move closer but their alliance has limits
When Iran took delivery of the first parts of an advanced Russian air defence system this month, it paraded the anti-aircraft missile launchers sent...
Kerry holds out possibility of meeting Netanyahu in Middle East
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Tuesday held out the possibility that he may meet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Middle...
Violence returns to Jerusalem after 2-week break
Israeli security forces on Tuesday killed two alleged Palestinian stabbers, and two Palestinian boys stabbed and moderately wounded a security guard on a train,...
Houthis blocking supply routes: UN
A senior UN official has accused the Houthi group of obstructing the delivery of humanitarian supplies to civilians in Taiz and warned that up...
ISIS smuggles majority of oil via Turkey: Iraq PM said
Iraq’s premier Haider al-Abadi said Monday that most of the oil smuggled by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group goes through...
