At least 150 women who refused to marry militants of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, or ISIL, were executed in the western Iraqi province of Al-Anbar, Iraq's Ministry of Human Rights said. According to a ministry statement released Tuesday, ISIL militants carried...

H5N8 virus -- a strain of highly contagious  bird flu -- has been identified at a turkey farm in Lower Saxony's Cloppenburg region.  "The same strain of bird flu has been detected as the one identified in Germany's...

(Anadolu News Agency)- Five independent poll-monitoring agencies have called on young Tunisians to take part in next Sunday's presidential run-off vote. The call was one of five recommendations issued by Tunisian civil society "to ensure the success" of the looming vote, according to a...

SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Two car bombs exploded south of the Yemeni capital Tuesday, hitting a school bus traveling near a Shiite rebel gathering, killing 25, including at least 15 primary school students, the rebel group said. The Shiite rebels, known as the Houthis, blamed...