Angry Pakistani Shi’as refuse to bury dead
In total 126 people were killed in bombings in what was one of Pakistan's deadliest days for years, raising concerns about rising violence in the nuclear-armed country ahead of general…
Obama: US to speed up Afghan troop transition
The US president warned that Karzai, with whom he has had a somewhat testy relationship, would have to accept a security agreement, still under discussion, granting legal immunity to US…
Damascus hit by clashes after key rebel gain
Capturing Taftanaz, from which regime forces launched deadly helicopter gunship sorties, eases the pressure on rebels who already control vast swathes of Syria's north and east.
Israel orders Palestinians to quit protest outpost
More than 200 activists erected the 20-tent "outpost" on Friday in the sensitive West Bank corridor east of Jerusalem where Palestinians say Israeli settlement construction would destroy the prospects of…
Hundreds back Maliki amid calls for Iraq PM to quit
Anti-government rallies blocked a key highway linking Baghdad to Jordan and Syria for a third week, while protests were also held in Samarra, Tikrit, Baiji and Mosul, all Sunni-majority areas…
19 killed in failed French raid to free Somalia hostage
Allex is among nine French hostages in Africa of whom at least six are held by Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM)
Finance minister promises economic recovery
Finance Minister Al-Morsy Hegazy expresses confidence in economic stability following meeting with US ambassador
Thousands of Iraq Sunnis in angry anti-Maliki demos
Prime Minister accused of authoritarianism and sectarianism
IAEA chief not hopeful on Iran inspection progress
Iran denies seeking or ever having sought nuclear weapons, and rejected the alleged evidence
Saudi king names women to advisory council in historic first
30 women appointed to the previously all-male consultative Shura Council marking a historic first