Saudi Arabia on Tuesday beheaded by the sword two nationals convicted of murdering a Syrian and of armed robbery, the interior ministry said. Ibrahim al-Qanbar and Ahmed al-Musalam were found guilty of attacking a labor

Israel took its polio vaccination campaign nationwide yesterday, saying a two-week vaccination effort in the south was not enough to curb the threat of an outbreak of the virus. “Beginning today, children born after 1.1.2004

Saudi Arabia said on Monday that Arab and Islamic countries will step in to help Egypt if Western nations cut aid packages to Cairo over a crackdown on Islamist protesters. "To those who have announced

Three boats carrying more than 200 migrants have landed in Italy, officials said on Monday, the latest arrivals due to calmer weather and unrest in north Africa. Some 100 people including 17 women and 11

Thirty-six Islamist prisoners were killed yesterday during an attempted jailbreak, bringing to almost 800 the toll in five days of violence since Egypt moved to crush supporters of ousted president Mohammed Mursi. The violence comes

Saudi Arabia yesterday beheaded a citizen convicted of torturing his wife to death, in the first execution since the start of the holy month of Ramadan, state media said. Fawzi Al Khaibari had been found

At least 25 people were killed and 70 others were wounded in a wave of car bombs across Baghdad on Thursday, police said. Eight bombings took place in several of the Iraqi capital's neighborhoods.

Fighters from the Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria clashed with members of the Free Syrian Army, driving them from the city of Raqqa Wednesday in a sign of a worsening feud among

Riot police backed by armored vehicles, bulldozers and helicopters Wednesday swept away two encampments of supporters of ousted President Mohammad Morsi, setting off running street battles in Cairo and other Egyptian cities. At least

The United Nations said Wednesday the departure of a team of chemical weapons inspectors to Syria was "imminent" following a green light from Damascus. "The Government of Syria has formally accepted the modalities essential for