Middle East
Fire at Saudi hospital kills 25, injures 107
December 24, 2015
Fire at Saudi hospital kills 25, injures 107
A pre-dawn fire at a hospital in Saudi Arabia's southwestern port city of Jazan on Thursday killed 25 people and…
Saudis ‘commute Sir Lanka maid’s stoning death sentence’
December 23, 2015
Saudis ‘commute Sir Lanka maid’s stoning death sentence’
A Saudi Arabian court has commuted the death-by-stoning sentence passed on a Sri Lankan maid convicted of adultery, the government…
One person killed in blast at an Istanbul airport
December 23, 2015
One person killed in blast at an Istanbul airport
One person was killed and another wounded after an explosion of unknown origin Wednesday at an airport in Istanbul, Turkish…
Syria activists accuse regime of chemical attack
December 23, 2015
Syria activists accuse regime of chemical attack
Syrian activists have accused regime forces of using a "toxic gas" during clashes in a flashpoint town southwest of Damascus,…
Last-minute wage deal averts crippling Israel strike
December 23, 2015
Last-minute wage deal averts crippling Israel strike
Israel's government and largest labor union reached an 11th-hour wage deal Wednesday to prevent a paralyzing general strike that had…
Battle to dislodge IS from Iraq’s Ramadi will take days: State TV
December 23, 2015
Battle to dislodge IS from Iraq’s Ramadi will take days: State TV
Government forces expect to dislodge Islamic State militants from the western Iraqi city of Ramadi within days, state TV said…
Russian bombing of Syria may be a war crime: Amnesty
December 23, 2015
Russian bombing of Syria may be a war crime: Amnesty
Russia's bombing of Syria may amount to a war crime because of the number of civilians its strikes have killed,…
In past 10 years, Israel held thousands of Palestinians in ‘admin detention’
December 23, 2015
In past 10 years, Israel held thousands of Palestinians in ‘admin detention’
Over the past decade, Israel has used its administrative detention policy against 3,761 people in the occupied territories and Israel,…
Trapped in war zone, locals struggle in Turkey curfew towns
December 23, 2015
Trapped in war zone, locals struggle in Turkey curfew towns
His neighborhood battered by shelling and food running out, Bahattin Yagarcik hunkers down in a basement along with several other…
Islamic State shelling of Syrian school area kills nine
December 22, 2015
Islamic State shelling of Syrian school area kills nine
Islamic State militants shelled a school district in eastern Syria on Tuesday, killing at least nine students and wounding around…