A Palestinian succumbed to his wounds Monday three days after being shot by Israeli forces when a mass protest led to clashes, Gaza's health ministry said, raising the death toll to 18. Faris al-Raqib, 29, was shot in the stomach during Friday's clashes east of Khan Yunis in southern...

At least 18 people were killed and 84 wounded when Boko Haram militants clashed with Nigerian soldiers near the northeastern city of Maiduguri overnight, the emergency services agency said Monday. "So far we have recovered 18 dead bodies from the two villages Bale Shuwa and Bale Kura,"...

 Seven people including at least six police were killed Sunday in a prison riot in eastern Mexico, authorities said, the latest outburst of deadly violence in the country's jails. Police were trying to transport a group of "highly dangerous" prisoners from the La Toma prison in...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- About 52 regime troops and allied militants from coastal Tartus province killed by rebels in  March, pro-regime news feeds said. The death toll included six officers  as most of slain fighters killed in Eastern Ghouta suburbs near the capital. More...