Middle-East
Kuwaiti emir reappoints outgoing PM to form new gov't
Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah on Monday reappointed Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah as prime minister, the Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) reported.
Lebanese protests test Hezbollah’s role as Shiites’ champion
Young men chanting the "people want to bring down the regime" gathered outside the office of Lebanese legislator Mohammed Raad, the powerful head of Hezbollah's parliamentary bloc. One shirtless man grabbed a metal rod and swung it at the sign bearing Raad’s name, knocking it out of place as others cheered.
3 protesters killed in Baghdad as bloody clashes continue
Security forces fired live rounds and tear gas at anti-government protesters in a central Baghdad square Friday, killing three people, in bloody confrontations that continued despite an influential Shiite leader’s call for calm.
Turkey says it captured ‘important’ IS figure in Syria
Turkey’s interior minister said Wednesday that his country’s forces have captured an "important" figure within the Islamic State group, in Syria.
Israel hits Gaza amid rocket fire, Palestinian deaths rise
Israeli airstrikes pounded Islamic Jihad targets in Gaza on Wednesday and militants resumed rocket fire toward Israel after a brief overnight lull, as the death toll rose to 23 Palestinians, including a 7-year-old boy and two other minors, in the heaviest round of fighting in months.
Israel boosts forces near Gaza amid escalating tension
Israel's army deployed artillery near the Gaza Strip border on Wednesday morning, in the second day of escalating tension between the country and Palestinian Islamic Jihad group.
Israel-Gaza violence "could take time": Israeli PM
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday that the fighting with Gaza's Islamic Jihad group "could take time" in the second day of escalating tension in the region.
Israel says working with Egypt to calm Israel-Gaza violence
Israel said Wednesday it was working with Egyptian officials to de-escalate a spate of violence between Israel and Gaza's Palestinian Islamic Jihad group.
Top Shiite leader backs UN plan to resolve Iraqi crisis
Iraq's most powerful Shiite religious leader said Monday he backs a U.N. roadmap aimed at meeting the demands of anti-government protesters who have been rallying in recent weeks despite a bloody crackdown by security forces, but he expressed concern that political parties would not carry them out.
Israeli airstrike kills Islamic Jihad commander in Gaza home
The Israeli military says it has killed an Islamic Jihad commander in an airstrike at his Gaza City home.