DUBAI: Bahrain has deported eight people to war-torn Iraq after revoking their citizenship and making them stateless, Human Rights Watch said Sunday, accusing the Gulf monarchy of exiling dissidents. The eight were deported to Iraq's southern Shiite city of Najaf on Jan. 30 and Feb. 1 after...

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday Israel would "do whatever is necessary to defend ourselves" after a report its military has carried out dozens of air strikes against militants in Egypt's Sinai. Netanyahu did not address the New York Times report published Saturday, commenting...

: Turkey Sunday threatened to expand its operation against Kurdish militia in Syria to the town of the Manbij and even east of the Euphrates, warning that American soldiers risked being targeted in the area if they wore enemy uniform. Turkey on Jan. 20 launched the "Olive Branch" operation...

A tanker with 22 Indian crew members on board has gone missing off West Africa, officials said Sunday, in waters plagued by piracy. The Panama-registered MT Marine Express, loaded with 13,500 tons of petrol, had been anchored off the Benin city of Cotonou before authorities lost contact with...