Iran piles pressure on Iraq’s Kurdish and Sunni leaders to crack Sadr’s alliance
Iran has begun piling pressure on Kurdish leader Massoud Barzani and the speaker of Iraq’s parliament, Mohammed al-Halbousi, hoping to convince them to abandon Muqtada...
Palestinian killed, 12 arrested in raids across the West Bank
A Palestinian man was killed during clashes with soldiers in Jenin and neighboring West Bank villages early Wednesday morning as Israeli security forces carried out...
Syrian soldiers killed in alleged Israeli airstrike near Damascus
Four Syrian soldiers were killed and three others were wounded after alleged Israeli airstrikes targeted sites near Damascus early Wednesday morning, according to Syrian state...
With nuclear deal unlikely, Israel, US look for alternatives on Iran
The US is moving toward ending its efforts to return to the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran, as Tehran continues to make demands without showing...
Sudan: Survivors recount horrific details of West Darfur violence
Survivors have recounted the horrific details of the latest bout of deadly violence to hit Sudan's war-torn region of Darfur, where at least 168 people...
Unqualified beauty practitioners in Egypt kill and maim patients
Practitioners with fake qualifications in the Egyptian beauty industry in Egypt are performing Botox and dermal filler injections leaving patients dead or seriously wounded, according...
Egyptian state TV journalist and activist Hala Fahmy detained
Egyptian state television presenter Hala Fahmy has been detained days after announcing that she was chased by strangers, lawyer Khalid Ali said on Tuesday. Fahmy...
As the Iran nuclear deal nears, Saudi Arabia is rebuilding its stake in Lebanon
Lebanon's Prime Minister Najib Mikati is due to visit Saudi Arabia in the next two weeks, a first trip by a Lebanese premier to the...
Gaza farmer finds 4,500-year-old statue of Canaanite goddess
A stone statue of an ancient goddess of beauty, love and war has been found in the Gaza Strip. Palestinian archaeologists say that the head...
Iran arrests man after brown bear is beaten to death
A man has been arrested over the beating to death of an endangered brown bear that wandered into a village in north-western Iran on Sunday....