A Palestinian military court slapped a military officer Wednesday with a one-year jail term for criticizing Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ participation at the funeral of former Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres last month, according to the officer's lawyer. "Lieutenant-Colonel...

Five young men were executed by Daesh militants in the Daesh-held city of Mosul in Iraq’s northern Nineveh province for alleged collaboration with Iraqi security forces, an army source told Anadolu Agency on Wednesday. "Daesh militants beheaded five young men in front of a crowd of people...

The population of the Israeli-blockaded Gaza Strip has now surpassed the two-million mark, the Interior Ministry in Gaza’s Hamas-run government has announced. In a statement, the ministry’s General Directorate for Civil Affairs said the strip’s total population had surpassed two...

Three civilians were killed when two bombings rocked Iraqi capital Baghdad on Wednesday, according to a security source. Baghdad Police Colonel Salem al-Numaan told Anadolu Agency that the first bomb had gone off near a crowded market in southern Baghdad’s Al-Mahmudiya district, killing...