BAGHDAD, IRAQ- Kurdish forces have destroyed thousands of homes in northern Iraq in an apparent attempt to uproot Arab communities, Amnesty International said Wednesday. The rights group said the...

DAMASCUS, SYRIA- A deadly Islamic State group assault on Deir Ezzor has seen the jihadists tighten their siege on the eastern Syrian city and left residents terrified and fearing the worst. Fierce...

RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA- Here are key dates for the year since King Salman took the throne in Saudi Arabia. - January 23, 2015: Salman accedes to the throne following the death of his half-brother King...

ISTANBUL, TURKEY- A Turkish court on Sunday charged ten people over the suicide bombing in the heart of Istanbul's tourist district that killed 10 Germans, media reported. The ten, who were charged...

BERLIN, GERMANY- Germany is planning measures to expedite the deportation of rejected asylum seekers from Algeria and Morocco including placing them in special expulsion centres, officials said...

BEIRUT, LEBANON, Rouba El Husseini- Jihadists from the Islamic State group have abducted more than 400 Syrian civilians after capturing new ground in a major assault on the city of Deir Ezzor that...

BEIRUT, LEBANON, Rouba El Husseini- An Islamic State group attack Saturday in the eastern Syrian city of Deir Ezzor killed at least 85 civilians and 50 regime forces, a monitor said, with state media...

UNITED NATIONS, UNITED STATES- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon welcomed the implementation of the Iran nuclear accord Saturday and voiced hope that the success will boost regional stability. "This...

WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES, Thomas Watkins- Eight civilians were killed and three others injured in air strikes carried out from April to July of last year against Islamic State targets in Iraq and...