Middle East
Eritrean mistakenly killed opens old wounds in Israel
October 21, 2015
Eritrean mistakenly killed opens old wounds in Israel
Images of an Eritrean asylum seeker lying in a pool of blood as an angry mob kicks him has renewed…
Texas teen arrested over clock is moving to Qatar with his family
October 21, 2015
Texas teen arrested over clock is moving to Qatar with his family
The Texas boy arrested for bringing to school a homemade clock that was mistaken for a bomb is moving to…
Libya political process ‘will go on’: UN envoy
October 21, 2015
Libya political process ‘will go on’: UN envoy
UN envoy Bernardino Leon insisted Wednesday that efforts to clinch a political deal to end rampant insecurity in Libya will…
Iran’s top leader endorses landmark nuclear deal
October 21, 2015
Iran’s top leader endorses landmark nuclear deal
Iran's supreme leader on Wednesday endorsed a landmark nuclear deal reached with world powers, but warned the government to be…
Netanyahu slammed for blaming Holocaust on Palestinians
October 21, 2015
Netanyahu slammed for blaming Holocaust on Palestinians
Palestinians — along with Israeli opposition figures — have reacted angrily to recent statements by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu…
Abbas calls on Israel to strictly respect Al-Aqsa rules
October 21, 2015
Abbas calls on Israel to strictly respect Al-Aqsa rules
Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas called on Israel on Wednesday to strictly respect rules governing Jerusalem's flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque compound, as…
Iraq’s ruling alliance, militias urge PM to seek Russian strikes
October 21, 2015
Iraq’s ruling alliance, militias urge PM to seek Russian strikes
Iraq's ruling alliance and powerful Shi'ite militias have urged Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi to request Russian air strikes on Islamic…
Syria’s Assad meets Putin in Moscow on rare trip abroad
October 21, 2015
Syria’s Assad meets Putin in Moscow on rare trip abroad
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad flew into Moscow on Tuesday for a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin during which the…
IS not alone in looting Syria cultural heritage: study
October 21, 2015
IS not alone in looting Syria cultural heritage: study
The Islamic State group may dominate headlines about the destruction of heritage sites in Syria, but it is far from…
Nazi crime researchers probing IS over Yazidi ‘genocide’
October 21, 2015
Nazi crime researchers probing IS over Yazidi ‘genocide’
A group that documented Nazi war crimes is now investigating whether massacres committed by Islamic State jihadists against Iraq's Yazidi…