(Reuters) - At least five air strikes hit military sites and an area near the presidential palace compound in the Yemeni capital Sanaa at dawn on Sunday while warships pounded an area near the port of the southern city of Aden, residents said. The bombings were the first raids on Sanaa...

(Reuters) - The trial of former Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi, deposed by the army and sentenced to 20 years in jail, was "badly flawed" and appears to have been politically motivated, Human Rights Watch said on Sunday. A court on April 21 convicted Mursi and 12 other Muslim...

(Reuters) - Rescuers dug with their bare hands and bodies piled up in Nepal on Sunday after an earthquake devastated the heavily crowded Kathmandu Valley, killing more than 2,200 people, and triggered a deadly avalanche on Mount Everest. A big aftershock between Kathmandu and Everest...

  Syrian regime's air force on Sunday has killed more than 34 people in air strikes on Darkoush, an affiliated district to the town of Jisr al-Shughour northwestern Syria,  which was captured on Saturday for the first time in the four-year conflict by a hardline Islamist...

“I’ve taken this out so many times,” said Hani, as he deftly unzips a black laptop case. From two side pockets the Syrian remove a statue, some beads and an assortment of stones and arrange them for viewing. Nestled in the bag is an intricately carved 4,000-year-old limestone tablet...

At least 18 detainees were massacred by the Syrian military intelligence in the northwestern town Jisr al-Shughour in Idlib province on Saturday, hours before the command of Syrian regime army and security units withdrew towards Latakia, activists and monitoring group said. The Syrian...

 Syrian rebels on Saturday has made remarkable gains by taken control of northeastern town of Jisr al-Shughour on the enclaves of Latakia, Bashar al-Assad's hometown, as well by taking control of 5 villages in predominantly Alawite region of Sahl al-Ghab in the western countryside of Hama...

Reports emerged Saturday stating that Israeli warplanes launched two airstrikes targeting a Hezbollah convoy on the Qalamoun region. However, the Israeli authorities refused to comment on the news. In this regard, eye witnesses in Yabroud note that the Israeli airstrike targeted bases...

Taez (Yemen) (AFP) - Fierce fighting raged Saturday in south Yemen between Iran-backed rebels and loyalists of exiled President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi, as pressure mounted for the warring factions to hold political talks. The Huthi rebels, who have overrun large parts of the country and...

(Reuters) - Israeli security forces killed a Palestinian youth on Saturday as he tried to attack them with a knife at a checkpoint in the Jerusalem area, police said. The incident occurred at around midnight near the A-Zayyim checkpoint on the outskirts of East Jerusalem in the occupied...

(Reuters) - Rustom Ghazali, Syria's last chief of intelligence in Lebanon who was a suspect in the killing of Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, has died in Damascus, Lebanese media reported. A Lebanese source with ties to Damascus also said that Ghazali had died on Friday. The cause...

Syrian rebels on Saturday have taken full control of the northwestern town of Jisr al-Shughour, less than a month after seizing control of Idlib, the provincial capital there. According to reports from activists, the command of Syrian army and security units withdrew towards...

BEIRUT- A Hezbollah MP dismissed a media report claiming that the militant group possesses an airstrip in northeast Lebanon used to land its arsenal of drones. “The defined area does not contain any airstrip. If there was an airstrip or works to build one, all the residents of the...

(Reuters) - Israeli troops shot and killed a young Palestinian man wielding two knives on Saturday as they gave chase after he tried to attack the troops near a checkpoint in the Jerusalem area, police said. The incident occurred at around midnight near the A-Zayyim checkpoint at the...

Syrian rebels on Friday have made more gains in the northwestern town of Jisr al-Shughour, taking control of al-Mentar base, less than a month after seizing control of Idlib, the provincial capital there. At least 30 soldiers have been killed and wounded by rebels in a l-Mentar base,...

  The Saudi Arabian man arrested on suspicion of shooting dead two policemen and injuring two others in separate attacks in Riyadh was acting on instructions from the Islamic State group in Syria, the Interior Ministry said on Friday. Mohammed Abdulrahman Abu Niyan, 23, has...

(Reuters) - The United Nations aid chief on Friday urged the Security Council to impose an arms embargo and sanctions in Syria for violations of humanitarian law as special envoy Angelina Jolie pleaded with council members to visit millions of Syrian refugees. The aid official, Valerie...

(Reuters) - Taliban insurgents shot rockets onto a U.S. base outside Kabul and targeted Afghan government buildings in a provincial capital on Friday, as they officially launched their spring offensive in a year that has already seen fierce fighting. There were no casualties in either...

Arab youth consider Saudi Arabia as their country’s biggest ally for the fourth year running, highlighting their continued trust in the role the Kingdom today plays in the region’s larger socio-political narrative. This is a key finding of the 7th Annual ASDA’A Burson-Marsteller Arab Youth...

President Barack Obama's admission that a US drone strike accidentally took the lives of two hostages has raised fresh questions about the limits and the risks of the country's "targeted killing" campaign. Since taking office in 2009, Obama has relied heavily on drone raids to hunt down...