Egyptian security forces have killed 13 suspected militants in a shootout in Al-Arish, the capital of North Sinai province, state news agency MENA said on Tuesday. The government in February launched an operation against Daesh (ISIS) militants who have waged years of attacks on security...

Iraq's human rights commission reported on Monday that 14 people were killed and more than 700 injured by Iraqi security forces during weeks of protests of the country’s economic woes and government mismanagement. Fazl Garrawi, member of the Iraqi Human Right commission affiliated to...

Israeli soldiers killed a Palestinian teenager during a raid in the occupied West Bank Monday, the Palestinian health ministry said. The Israeli military said its forces responded with live fire in Dheishe refugee camp, near Bethlehem, after Palestinians attacked them with rocks,...

Iran's state TV says a magnitude 5.8 earthquake has injured at least 79 people in the country's south. The United States Geological Survey put the quake's magnitude at 5.9. There were no immediate reports of fatalities. The earthquake struck in the early morning on Monday near the...