Translation by Dani Murad In a move that aims to stop the fighting between ISIL and FSA army and other Islamic battalions, a delegation from the people of Deir ez-Zor met the leaders of Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) on Thursday....

By Humeyra Pamuk SOMA, Turkey (Reuters) - Turkish police put the mining town of Soma on virtual lockdown on Saturday, setting up checkpoints and detaining dozens of people to enforce a ban on protests as rescue efforts following the country's worst industrial disaster ended....

(Reuters) - Saudi Arabia is considering trade sanctions against the Netherlands because of stickers printed by far-right politician Geert Wilders which display anti-Islam slogans in the colors of the Saudi flag, a Dutch foreign ministry spokesman said. Wilders, leader of...

(Reuters) - Egypt's public prosecutor has appealed against the mass death sentences issued by a provincial court, which had caused an international outcry, state media reported on Saturday, in rare criticism by a senior member of the judiciary of a court ruling. Mass trials in...