Canada has decided to shut its embassy in Cairo due to "security concerns", a day after the UK closed its…
Syria has accused Israel of carrying out two airstrikes near Damascus. Israeli planes bombed the area near Damascus international airport…
Luke Somers and South African teacher Pierre Korkie have been killed by al-Qaeda militants in Yemen during a failed rescue…
US and Yemeni forces have launched a new military operation to rescue American hostage Luke Somers held by al-Qaeda militants,…
Luke Somers’ family has appealed in a video to al-Qaeda militants in Yemen to "show mercy" and release him. In…
The deadline for Iran nuclear deal has been extended until June 30, 2015, after talks in Vienna failed to reach…
Bahrain has voted in the country's first parliamentary elections since protests erupted in the wake of the Arab Spring in…
Bahrain is voting in its first parliamentary elections since Arab Spring protests broke out in 2011. The government has called…
A second Frenchman features in a video showing the beheading of Syrian prisoners, and US hostage Abdul-Rahman Kassig killed by…
Four Israelis have been killed and eight injured as two men armed with a pistol, knives and axes attacked a…