Middle East
Gunmen kill four in sectarian attack in Pakistan
September 11, 2017
Gunmen kill four in sectarian attack in Pakistan
Gunmen in southwestern Pakistan killed four members of a Shia Muslim Hazara family, including a 12-year-old boy, on Sunday, in…
305 Syrian migrants reach Cyprus; 313 are stopped in Turkey
September 10, 2017
305 Syrian migrants reach Cyprus; 313 are stopped in Turkey
Cyprus police arrested a 36-year-old man Sunday for allegedly driving one of two boats that brought 305 Syrian refugees to…
Palestinians release activist jailed for Facebook post
September 10, 2017
Palestinians release activist jailed for Facebook post
The Palestinian Authority has released a prominent activist a week after he was arrested for writing a Facebook post criticizing…
Pakistan: 12 picnickers drown at Karachi beach
September 10, 2017
Pakistan: 12 picnickers drown at Karachi beach
Pakistani police say at least 12 people, including women and children, have drowned at a beach near the port city…
Israeli jet causes sonic boom over southern Lebanon
September 10, 2017
Israeli jet causes sonic boom over southern Lebanon
Israeli jets have flown low over the southern Lebanese city of Sidon, causing at least one sonic boom. An Associated…
Syrian army controls entire Damascus-Deir al-Zor highway: Hezbollah media unit
September 10, 2017
Syrian army controls entire Damascus-Deir al-Zor highway: Hezbollah media unit
Syrian government forces seized a final stretch of highway linking the eastern city of Deir al-Zor to the capital Damascus…
Nancy Hatch Dupree ‘Grandmother of Afghanistan’ dies in Kabul
September 10, 2017
Nancy Hatch Dupree ‘Grandmother of Afghanistan’ dies in Kabul
Nancy Hatch Dupree, a historian from the United States who helped set up the Afghanistan Centre at Kabul University, has…
Iranian warship turns away US battleship as Gulf tension flares: Tasnim
September 10, 2017
Iranian warship turns away US battleship as Gulf tension flares: Tasnim
A rocket-bearing Iranian military vessel confronted an American battleship in the Gulf and warned it to stay away from a…
Rohingya refugees in Pakistan fear for relatives in Myanmar
September 10, 2017
Rohingya refugees in Pakistan fear for relatives in Myanmar
For an estimated 300,000 Rohingya Muslims living in squalor in Pakistan’s largest city, the news from Myanmar in the past…
Israeli PM’s son under fire for anti-Semitic post
September 10, 2017
Israeli PM’s son under fire for anti-Semitic post
Israeli political leaders are lashing out at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s eldest son for posting an anti-Semitic caricature aimed at…