Kuwait's emir ordered the dissolution of parliament on Sunday, opening the way to fresh elections, saying "security challenges" in the region could best be addressed by consulting the popular will. A ballot would be the seventh since 2006 in the Gulf Arab state, where political strains have...

(BBC)- A bridge connecting two small islands near the Indonesian resort island of Bali has collapsed, killing at least nine people, officials say. People were passing over the suspension bridge for a religious ceremony when the accident occurred, a police officer told Reuters news agency....

(Independent)- Isis has lost control of the symbolically important town of Dabiq to a group of Syrian rebels following a short battle. Syrian opposition fighters backed by Turkey said they took the town after meeting with "minimal" resistance from the jihadists. According to Isis...

(AMN)- The Egyptian Air Force killed 12 members of ISIS Egypt's in North Sinai province and wounded a further six in an attack on a checkpoint on Friday. The Egyptian military killed over 100 ISIS fighters in the three hour attack while destroying outposts and armories belonging to the...