Yemen government declares curfew in Aden after 17 killed in fighting
Authorities in Yemen's southern city of Aden imposed a curfew on Monday after violence blamed on suspected jihadists killed at least 17 people, pro-government...
Team testing new scanner on Egypt's Great Pyramid
What mysteries might still be hidden under Egypt's pyramids? A team accompanied by Egypt's former antiquities minister and famed archaeologist Zahi Hawass are testing...
Top Hezbollah commander killed in Syria
Top Hezbollah commander Mustafa Badreddine has been killed in an attack in Syria, the Lebanese Shi'ite group said on Friday, the biggest blow to...
Turkish army: clash with Kurdish fighters kills seven
Turkish troops killed six Kurdish militants in a clash in the restive southeast and one of three soldiers wounded in the firefight died in...
Heroin smuggler put to death in Makkah
Saudi Arabia on Tuesday executed a convicted Pakistani heroin smuggler. The ministry of interior said Khan Iqbal was put to death in the holy...
Indian ruling party official urges Muslims to give up eating beef
The head of an Indian state belonging to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ruling party has urged the country's minority Muslims to stop eating beef...
Yemeni Houthis release 2 Saudi teachers
Two Saudi Arabian religious teachers have arrived home after their release from more than nine months' detention by Houthi rebels in Yemen, official media...
Second car bomb in a month kills 34 in Turkish capital, Ankara
A car bomb tore through a crowded transport hub in the Turkish capital, Ankara, on Sunday, killing at least 34 people and wounding 125...
Stampede caused by breakdown in pilgrims’ flow
Pilgrims were unable to move forward as more people were coming from behind.
The stampede at Mina as pilgrims were set for the symbolic stoning...
Syrian opposition say working towards Saudi Arabia meet, but no date set
Syrian opposition figures said on Friday efforts were under way to hold a conference in Saudi Arabia aimed at unifying President Bashar al-Assad's opponents,...
