Daesh (ISIS) says one of the leaders of its affiliate in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula has been killed. The militant group's Aamaq news agency issued an announcement late Sunday about the death of Abu Jaafar al-Maqdesi, calling him a martyr. A photo of a young bearded man accompanied...

At least 146 people were injured Sunday when a 5.9-magnitude earthquake struck Iran’s western Kermanshah province, Iran’s ISNA news agency reported.  According to Iranian state television, at least 41 of 146 injured in the earthquake continue to be treated in various hospitals...

Fresh protests hit southern Iraq Sunday as medical sources put at 11 the number of demonstrators killed in two weeks of unrest sparked by ire over corruption and lack of public services. Security forces remained deployed around the capital Baghdad after struggling Friday to disperse...

After seven chaotic and violent hours, quiet returned to the Gaza Strip overnight. Yet on Saturday, civilians in the Palestinian enclave and Israel remained fearful of the potential for a new war. The fatal shooting by a Palestinian of an Israeli soldier during protests along the border...