Islamic State threatened to destroy Saudi Arabian prisons holding jihadists after Riyadh's execution of 47 people including 43 convicted al Qaeda militants. The militant group, which has claimed responsibility for attacks in the kingdom and stepped up operations in neighboring...

Turkish security forces have killed at least 14 militants in the mainly Kurdish southeast, the military said on Tuesday, as an army campaign to quell fighting that has spread to the streets of cities entered a third week. A member of the "village guard", a Kurdish militia fighting...

Iran ian President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday Saudi Arabia cannot hide "its crime" of executing Shi'ite Muslim cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr by cutting ties with Tehran. "Saudi Arabia cannot hide its crime of beheading a religious leader by severing political relations with...

Saudi-led air strikes targeting Iranian-allied Houthi forces intensified in Yemen on Tuesday, residents said, an escalation of a nine-month-old war that follows a rise in tensions between the kingdom and arch foe Tehran. After weeks of a relative lull, large air strikes targeted...