Category: 3. Middle East

At least seven civilians, including a woman and a child, were killed on Thursday when unexploded munitions ignited at a house in northwestern Syria, a war monitor said.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported the deadly blast a day after…

Eight civilians including three children were killed on Thursday when unexploded munitions ignited at a house in northwestern Syria, a war monitor and the civil defence said.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported the deadly blast a day…

Dozens of flag-waving Israelis gathered under a stormy sky Thursday lining the route of a convoy bringing home the bodies of four deceased hostages handed over by Hamas in Gaza.

The Palestinian militants had handed over black coffins they said…

Hundreds of grieving Israelis gathered in the Tel Aviv plaza dubbed Hostages Square on Thursday, standing or sitting in silent mourning, after Hamas handed over the bodies of four hostages.

The Palestinian militants had delivered the black…

ANKARA — An Istanbul court issued on Thursday an international travel ban for two leading Turkish businessmen over their remarks on a wave of arrests of government critics.

The court imposed a travel ban on Orhan Turan, president of the Turkish…

Hundreds watched on Thursday as four black coffins, which Hamas said held the remains of Israel’s Bibas family and an elderly hostage, were carried off stage by Palestinian militants in southern Gaza.

The ceremony, held on a sandy area that was…

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has asked the Qatari emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, to release $6 billion in Iranian oil revenues held in Doha, despite US pressure not to do so.

“[Qatar is] a friendly and brotherly country,…

LONDON: Just weeks after Lebanon formed its first government in more than two years,…

NEW YORK CITY: A newly published report from the UN Development Programme warned that…