Judges from one of the Egyptian judiciary's three main branches have voted to defy a newly adopted and widely disputed law giving the president a degree of control over the judiciary. State Council judges, who rule on disputes with the government, voted overwhelmingly Saturday to put forward...

A senior military commander says government forces have launched a new push to drive ISIS militants from four neighborhoods in west Mosul. In a statement Sunday, Lt. Gen. Abdul-Amir Rasheed Yar Allah says Iraqi special forces are moving to the al-Eraibi and al-Rifaie neighborhoods, while...

( The New Arab )- Bana al-Abed, the 8 year-old girl, who captured the world's attention last year with her vivid portrayals of Syria's war on Twitter during the siege of east Aleppo has been granted Turkish citizenship. Al-Abed along with the other four members of her family were presented...

A Jordanian citizen stabbed and wounded an Israeli police officer who then shot him dead in Jerusalem's Old City on Saturday, Israeli police said, the latest in a string of street attacks. Police spokeswoman Luba Simri said the officer was walking down a street when he was attacked by a...