President Barack Obama has authorized surveillance flights over Syria in order to gain intelligence on the activities of Islamic State…
UN human rights chief Navi Pillay has announced that 191,369 people have been killed in the Syrian conflict up to…
James Foley’s killers wanted a $132 million ransom for his release, his employer has said. GlobalPost CEO Philip Balboni said…
Three senior Hamas military commanders have been killed by an Israeli airstrike on a house in Gaza, militants say. Mohammed…
Acccording to US officials, a secret military mission had tried but failed to free journalist James Foley and other American…
Hamas military commander Mohammed Deif’s wife and son have been killed in an Israeli airstrike on the Gaza Strip. At…
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) has released a video apparently showing the killing of American journalist…
The Gaza ceasefire has been extended by another day to allow talks in Cairo, according to an Egyptian government statement…
Iraq’s PM Nouri al-Maliki has agreed to step aside, ending political deadlock in Baghdad as the government struggles against insurgents.…
Israel and Gaza officials have reportedly agreed to extend a ceasefire by five days, minutes before the expiry of a…