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...
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...
Suspected Al Qaeda militants execute 17 Yemeni government soldiers
Suspected al Qaeda militants in southern Yemen seized and executed 17 soldiers loyal to President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi on Saturday, local officials and residents...
Blast hits pipeline in Syria, causing wide power outages
DUMAIR (AP) — An explosion early Monday struck a gas pipeline in a Damascus suburb, causing a huge fire and cutting off electricity throughout...
Iraq FM tells Turkey to pull out of north, threatens action
Iraq's foreign minister has reiterated demands that Turkish troops pull out of northern Iraq, warning Ankara that Baghdad may otherwise have to consider military...
Kerry demands Russia halt Syria bombing after talks suspended
US Secretary of State John Kerry demanded Thursday that Russia stop bombing the Syrian opposition, implicitly blaming Moscow for the collapse in peace talks.
Speaking...
Death toll from Pakistan factory collapse rises to 26
A spokesman for a Pakistani rescue agency says hopes are starting to fade for finding more survivors in the rubble of a four-story factory...
UN report: ISIS greatly expands control in Libya
Islamic State (ISIS) has greatly expanded its control over territory in Libya and the militants are claiming to be the key defense for the...
Police role praised for peace and security
Prince Faisal bin Bandar recently received in his office Riyadh police officers who paid him a courtesy call.
The Riyadh governor complimented the police officers...
During presidential inaugurations, two blasts shock the Afghan capital
As Afghanistan's two rival leaders held parallel presidential inaugurations in Kabul on Monday, two blasts were heard underscoring the country's woeful security ahead of...
