Israeli airstrike kills 1, injures 2 in Gaza
The Israeli air force conducted an airstrike Saturday against suspected militants attempting to fire rockets into Israel, the Israel Defense Forces said.
Child dies in clashes in Yemen
Clashes resumed in southwestern Yemen Thursday night after fierce government attacks against opposition posts that lasted more than seven hours in the earlier.
U.N. condemns alleged Iranian terror plot
The U.N. General Assembly adopted a resolution Friday condemning an alleged Iranian plot to kill the Saudi ambassador to the United States.
Defectors in Syria strike pro-regime office
Army defectors in northwestern Syria armed with rocket-propelled grenades attacked a pro-government youth group office and clashed with Syrian security.
Egyptian Coptics attacked, dozens injured
Hundreds of Coptics marching in Cairo Thursday were attacked by unknown assailants.
Iran ‘has a case to answer,’ IAEA chief says
Iran “has a case to answer” about its nuclear program following a critical report from the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency, the agency’s director said Thursday.
Turkey threatens to cut electricity to Syria
Turkey threatened to cut off supplies of electricity to its neighbor Syria on Tuesday, as Syria becomes more isolated.
Libyan: Niger amnesty to Gadhafi son ‘hostile’
A top Libyan official slammed Niger’s offer of amnesty to one of Moammar Gadhafi’s sons, calling it a “challenge and provocation.”
Assad banks on new ‘global order’ to help his own rehabilitation
In his first speech to a major regional summit in more than a decade, Syria’s Bashar al-Assad on Friday told fellow Arab states that a new world order called for … Read More
After Turkey’s catastrophic quake, this could have been Erdogan’s last election. Instead, he’s poised to win
Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s rise to power was ushered in by the contentious political aftermath of the 1999 Izmit earthquake. So when another devastating quake laid waste to large … Read More