Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday there would be no Palestinian state if he were reelected, in a last-ditch effort to woo rightwing voters on the eve of a general election. Polling stations are to open at 0500 GMT on Tuesday for Israel's second snap...

(Reuters) - An Egyptian court is seeking the death penalty for the Muslim Brotherhood's top leader Mohamed Badie and 13 others, judicial sources said on Monday. The court formally referred the case to Egypt's Grand Mufti, the first step towards imposing a death sentence, as...

(Reuters) - The United Nations is concerned by the presence of Islamic State in Afghanistan but says the militant group's power to unite insurgents is more significant than its capabilities in the war-torn country, a top U.N. official said on Monday. U.N. envoy Nicholas Haysom...

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad dismissed on Monday remarks made by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry that Assad should be included in negotiations to reach a political transition, saying "declarations from outside do not concern us". In a Sunday CBS interview, Kerry did not repeat...

n">(Reuters) - U.S. stocks opened higher Monday and the benchmark  S&P 500  rebounded after three weeks of losses as the euro strengthened against the dollar, easing some concerns over the impact of a robust greenback on corporate earnings. Investors have been...

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said the United States would have to negotiate with  Syria n President Bashar al-Assad for a political transition in Syria and was exploring ways with other countries to pressure him into agreeing to talks. But State Department...

( Translation by  Yusra  Ahmed)   When the hardline Islamic State group  started its war against rebels and other Islamist factions in  liberated areas ,  Islam Army was one of the first battalions to face  the Islamic State in...

(Reuters) -  Iraq  needs more airstrikes to dislodge Islamic State militants from Tikrit, senior officials said on Monday, as the campaign to retake Saddam Hussein's home city stalled for a fourth day due to homemade bombs and booby traps. Iraqi security forces and mainly...

(Reuters) - Any terms that world powers grant  Iran  under a nuclear deal will be sought bySaudi Arabia and other countries, risking wider proliferation of atomic technology, a senior Saudi prince warned on Monday in a BBC interview. "I've always said whatever comes out...

(Reuters) - Three male British teenagers suspected of planning to join Islamic State militants in  Syria  have been arrested by London police after being deported from Turkey, officials said. The three, who have not been named, were detained on Friday in the Turkish city...

(Reuters) - Islamic State fighters traded sniper fire and mortar rounds with Iraqi troops and allied Shi'ite militia forces on Sunday in the city of Tikrit amid further reports the militants had obtained chlorine for possible use as a chemical weapon. A military official returned from...

(AFP)- The Vatican's ambassador to the United Nations has endorsed military action against the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria -- an unusual move because the Vatican traditionally has opposed force in the region. In an interview with the US Catholic website Crux, Archbishop Silvano...

  (Translation by Yusra Ahmed) Ahrar al-Sham Islamic movement has recognized the body of one of its commanders among mass torture photos revealed   by 'Caesar' who leaked 55,ooo for Syrian detainees tortured to death in Bashar al-Assad...

(Reuters) - Bombs outside two churches in the Pakistani city of Lahore killed 14 people and wounded nearly 80 during Sunday services, and witnesses said quick action by a security guard prevented many more deaths. A Pakistani Taliban splinter group claimed responsibility. The blasts...

(Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, trailing in opinion polls two days before a parliamentary election, publicly offered on Sunday the Finance Ministry portfolio to a potentially king-making rival. Facing possible upset defeat in the March 17 vote, Netanyahu has...

  Syria 's military targeted a group of combatants linked to al Qaeda's Nusra Front late on Friday in southern Syria, state media reported, saying that dozens including three senior members of the group had been killed. Syria's army and allied combatants from Lebanon's...

Head of Syrian National Coalition, in press conference held Saturday, emphasized on  the role of Local Coordinating Councils in rebel-held areas as will assured there is no intention to dissolve the interim government since the latter has been facing financial problems and managerial...

 New photos of mass torture obtained by Zaman al- Wasl  showing, for the first time, pro-Bashar al-Assad militants who were killed in Syrian security chambers.    The atrocious photos of mass torture by Syrian security had been taken in a well-known...

(Reuters) - An Egyptian disciplinary court ordered 41 judges into compulsory retirement on Saturday for supporting the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood, judicial sources said, the latest move in a sweeping crackdown on political dissent. The government has implemented a harsh crackdown on...

 U.S.-led coalition jets struck Islamic State positions in northeast  Syria  for the second day in a row, in an area where the militants are battling Kurdish forces, a Kurdish official and a group monitoring the war said on Saturday. The Kurdish YPG militia, which has...