Middle East
Israel lets goods into Gaza Monday
June 29, 2015
Israel lets goods into Gaza Monday
Israel allowed 560 cargo trucks into the Palestinian Gaza Strip Monday, through the Kerem Shalom crossing south of the enclave. The cargos,…
Twitter campaign calls for support of Gaza-bound flotilla
June 29, 2015
Twitter campaign calls for support of Gaza-bound flotilla
A Twitter hashtag launched by activists is urging Arab governments and international institutions to support a maritime convoy which was…
Sudan says students with Western passes believed on way to Syria
June 28, 2015
Sudan says students with Western passes believed on way to Syria
Twelve Sudanese medical students, most carrying Western passports, are believed to have travelled to Turkey with the intention of crossing…
Monitor: IS executes over 3,000 in Syria in year-long ‘caliphate’
June 28, 2015
Monitor: IS executes over 3,000 in Syria in year-long ‘caliphate’
The Islamic State group has executed more than 3,000 people in Syria, including hundreds of civilians, in the year since…
Rouhani aims to bring transparency to Iran’s legal system
June 28, 2015
Rouhani aims to bring transparency to Iran’s legal system
Iran's judicial system must become more transparent and political crimes should be clearly defined, President Hassan Rouhani said on Sunday,…
Ministry: Kuwait Shi’ite mosque bomber was Saudi national
June 28, 2015
Ministry: Kuwait Shi’ite mosque bomber was Saudi national
A suicide bomber who carried out a deadly attack claimed by the Islamic State group on a Shi'ite mosque in…
Horror on the sand in Tunisian hotel massacre
June 27, 2015
Horror on the sand in Tunisian hotel massacre
Casually dressed in dark shorts, a necklace and T-shirt, he would have looked like any other young Tunisian among the…
Bomb attacks kill four people at Baghdad street markets
June 27, 2015
Bomb attacks kill four people at Baghdad street markets
Four people were killed in separate bomb attacks in Baghdad on Saturday, police and medics said. In the Obeidi district of…
Tunisia premier: Most Tunisia hotel attack victims were British
June 27, 2015
Tunisia premier: Most Tunisia hotel attack victims were British
Most of the 39 people killed by a gunman in the Tunisian beach hotel attack were British citizens, Tunisia's Prime…
Saudi Arabia arrests 44 suspects, including 2 Egyptians, for terrorism
June 27, 2015
Saudi Arabia arrests 44 suspects, including 2 Egyptians, for terrorism
Saudi security services arrested 44 suspects, including two Egyptians, over their involvement in terrorist acts over the past week. The Saudi…