A Baghdad court on Monday sentenced six Turkish women to death and a seventh to life in prison for membership of Daesh (ISIS), a judicial source said. The source told AFP that the women, all accompanied by small children in the court, had surrendered to Kurdish peshmerga fighters after...

The Arab League will hold an emergency meeting Tuesday on Israeli deadly attacks against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, league official said Monday. Saeed Abu Ali, assistant secretary-general for Palestine and the occupied Arab territories of the League States, said Saudi Arabia would...

A Palestinian succumbed to his wounds Monday three days after being shot by Israeli forces when a mass protest led to clashes, Gaza's health ministry said, raising the death toll to 18. Faris al-Raqib, 29, was shot in the stomach during Friday's clashes east of Khan Yunis in southern...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- About 52 regime troops and allied militants from coastal Tartus province killed by rebels in  March, pro-regime news feeds said. The death toll included six officers  as most of slain fighters killed in Eastern Ghouta suburbs near the capital. More...

Israeli forces arrested a Palestinian while trying to sneak into Israel from the Gaza Strip, according to the military.    In a statement on Sunday, the army said the detained Palestinian was unarmed and was taken into custody for investigation, according to Yedioth Ahronoth...

A growing list of world leaders on Saturday condemned Israeli attacks on civilians in the Gaza Strip that martyred 15 Palestinians during peaceful protests the previous day. The German foreign ministry voiced deep concerning for the tensions between Palestinians and Israeli security...

Palestine on Sunday called on the Arab League to hold an emergency meeting on "Israeli crimes against Land Marches," Palestine’s ambassador to Cairo told Anadolu Agency. Diab al-Louh said his country had submitted a memorandum to the Arab League to hold an emergency meeting at the level...

The remains of 38 Indian construction workers captured and killed by Daesh (ISIS) in northern Iraq have been handed over to Indian authorities in Baghdad and will be flown home. Indian Ambassador Pradeep Singh Rajpurohit said the bodies had been taken to Baghdad International Airport...

Hundreds of Iraqis staged an open sit-in on Sunday to protest the collapse of services in the eastern part of the capital.   “We have come out today to protest years of deliberate government negligence,” Jabbar Latif, an elder from the Shia-majority al-Fadhiliya district in eastern...

The EU's diplomatic chief Federica Mogherini called Saturday for an independent investigation into the use of live ammunition by Israel's military following clashes in Gaza that left 16 Palestinians dead. "The EU mourns the loss of life. Our thoughts are with the families of the...

Three-fourths of Jerusalem’s historic Al-Aqsa Mosque was built by the Ottoman Empire, said a Palestinian scholar on Saturday. "Al-Aqsa is an issue which concerns the whole Muslim community. Today we see Turkey leading this community," Nawaf Takruri, head of the Council of Palestinian...

Israeli troops fired warning shots towards Palestinian youths gathered at the Gaza-Israel border Saturday, wounding 13 people, health officials said. Tensions remained high in the area a day after deadly violence broke out in one of the biggest Palestinian demonstrations there in years....

An Israeli drone crashed in southern Lebanon on Saturday, according to Lebanon’s official National News Agency.   The unmanned spy plane fell down between the villages of Beit Yahoun and Baraachit, the agency said.    Local media aired images of the crashed...

Palestinians marked a general strike and a day of mourning on Saturday over the death of 15 Palestinians by Israeli gunfire during rallies demanding the right of return to refugees.   Shops across the occupied West Bank shuttered their doors, universities and schools suspended...

Israel's chief military spokesman says if violence drags on along the Gaza border, Israel will expand its reaction to strike those behind it. Brig. Gen. Ronen Manelis says Saturday the military has thus far restricted its response to those trying to breach its border but if "attacks"...

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday called for an "independent and transparent investigation" after 16 Palestinians were killed and hundreds more wounded during clashes with the Israeli military, a spokesman said. His call came as the UN Security Council heard fears of a...

Two British members of Daesh (ISIS) who allegedly belonged to a cell notorious for the beheading of hostages in northern Syria say that revoking their citizenship denies them a fair trial. The two men are thought to be among four members of the Daesh cell dubbed "The Beatles" that are...

(CNN) At least 15 Palestinians were killed and more than 1,400 injured in confrontations with Israeli forces during protests at the Gaza border on Friday, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health. The Health Ministry said 1,416 people were wounded as protesters marched toward...

Turkey Friday accused Israel of using "disproportionate force" against the Palestinians as clashes in Gaza near the Israeli border left at least eight people dead and dozens wounded. "We strongly condemn Israel's use of disproportionate force against Palestinians during the peaceful protests...

Basra (Iraq) (AFP) - Cats in Iraq's southern city of Basra are purring with delight as the country's first feline hotel opens for guests. In a part of the country where many struggle to make ends meet, a prime venue for cat naps may seem like a luxury. But Mehdi Fadel, owner of...