(The Guardian)- An Irish former altar boy has become the latest suicide bomber to blow himself up as part of Islamic State’s furious defence of Mosul, its last major stronghold in Iraq. Khalid Kelly, born Terrence Edward in south Dublin in 1967, converted to Islam when serving a jail term...

At least 20 civilians have been killed and dozens injured in the past twenty-four hour of bombing, following Russian air-strikes in West Aleppo and its surrounding areas. A squadron of Russian war planes bombed a number of villages and residential areas in "revenge" missions, following a...

(Carnegie Endowment)- Relations between Saudi Arabia and Egypt, two previously staunch allies, have recently soured. This can be attributed to Egypt’s inability to perform its role as a guarantor of regional Gulf security against growing Iranian hegemony and its desire to cultivate other, less...

(Daily Star)- A mayor detained at a jail in the central Philippines for drug-related charges was killed along with another inmate in a shootout Saturday, police said, as a bloody crackdown on narcotics continues in the Southeast Asian country. Rolando Espinosa, mayor of Albuera town in...