A car that exploded in a mainly Shiite Muslim city in eastern Saudi Arabia killing its two occupants was carrying munitions, the interior ministry said Friday. The Thursday evening blast was the latest incident in Qatif, which has seen criminal violence as well as protests among the...

At least two people were killed when a car exploded in Saudi Arabia's eastern city of Qatif on Thursday, Saudi-owned Al-Arabiya television reported. It said initial reports indicated the victims were "fugitives", a term that suggested people being sought by the kingdom's security services....

About a dozen civilians were wounded on Thursday by ISIS mortar shells as they tried to escape from the Zanjili district held by the militants in Mosul, Iraqi police said. Zanjili is part of the enclave that remains in the hands of ISIS in the northern Iraqi city, alongside the Old City...

Turkey's military killed six members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in air strikes in northern Iraq on Thursday, the army said in a statement. Turkish warplanes hit the Avasin-Basyan region in northern Iraq, killing PKK militants believed to be in preparation of an attack, the...