
Major bombings since Syrian uprising began in 2011
A list of some of the major bombings in Syria since the uprising against President Bashar Assad's regime began in March 2011: —April 8: A car bomb ...
Roadside bomb hits bus, killing at least 9 Afghans
A roadside bomb hit a public bus in a restive province near the Afghan capital on Monday, killing at least nine passengers and raising the death toll ...
Iraq forces Iranian plane bound for Syria to land
Iraqi authorities forced an Iranian plane to land on Monday so it could be searched for weapons bound for Syrian regime fighters, but they found only ...
Thousands protest Turkish coup plot trial
Turkish police used water cannons, tear gas and pepper spray on Monday to disperse thousands of people protesting outside a court house in support of ...
Israel closes Gaza crossing after rockets fired
Israel shut a crossing with Gaza after rockets were fired from the Hamas-ruled territory at the Jewish state on the day it commemorated the Holocaust.

SKorea: 'Indication' NKorea prepping for nuke test
South Korea's point man on North Korea said Monday there is an "indication" that Pyongyang is preparing for a fourth nuclear test, a day after another ...

Decade-old Mideast peace plan re-emerges
A dormant, decade-old Mideast peace plan has suddenly emerged as a possible key to breaking years of deadlock between Israel and the Palestinians.

Syrian regime launches counteroffensive on rebels
After weeks of rebel gains in the south, the Syrian regime launched a counteroffensive on Sunday with widespread airstrikes and an operation that ...

Report: Anti-Semitic incidents surged in 2012
Israeli researchers warned Sunday of a sudden upsurge in anti-Semitic attacks, topped by a deadly school shooting in France, noting a link to the rise ...
Officials: Explosions kill 4 in northwest Iraq
A trio of bombs exploded on Sunday in the northwest Iraqi city of Mosul, killing four security officers and wounding seven other people, officials ...

Kerry mourns 'selfless, idealistic' US diplomat
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday railed against the "cowardly" terrorists responsible for the attack that killed five Americans in ...

Despite threats, risks temper Korea war tensions
As tensions rise on the Korean Peninsula, one thing remains certain: All sides have good reason to avoid an all-out war. The last one, six decades ...

New fears in Sri Lanka amid anti-Muslim campaign
A red-robed Buddhist monk calmly picked up stones and hurled them at a security camera. Then, as police looked on, his followers smashed up a popular, ...

US field holds secrets of 1780s British POW camp
The mud of a south-central Pennsylvania cornfield may soon produce answers about the fate of British prisoners of war — and the newly independent ...

Suicide bomber kills 20 at political rally in Iraq
A suicide bomber blew himself up Saturday at a lunch hosted by a Sunni candidate in Iraq's upcoming regional elections, killing 20 people, officials ...

6 Americans, doctor killed in Afghan attacks
Militants killed six Americans, including a young female diplomat, and an Afghan doctor Saturday in a pair of attacks in Afghanistan on Saturday.

Syrian airstrike kills at least 15 in Aleppo
A Syrian government airstrike on a heavily contested neighborhood in the northern city of Aleppo on Saturday killed at least 15 people, including nine ...
C. African Republic council to pick interim leader
Central African Republic's self-appointed leader on Saturday announced the creation of a new council that will choose an interim president, a move ...

Lebanon names UK-educated lawmaker prime minister
A British-educated lawmaker from a prominent political family was named Lebanon's new prime minister Saturday, and vowed to work toward ending ...
Iraqi Shiite group says member killed in Syria
A member of an Iraq Shiite militant group was killed in Syria, an official with the group said Saturday, highlighting how the increasingly sectarian ...