ISIS fighters dead in failed attack on Syria Alawite town: At least 19 ISIS fighters were killed Wednesday in a failed attack on an Alawite village in the central Syrian province of Homs, an activist group said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, an activist group, said three pro-regime militants were also killed repelling the attack on the village of ...

The Egyptian army is digging a trench in northern Sinai along the border with Gaza in an effort to prevent smuggling, security sources said on Monday, as the government steps up activities to prevent militant attacks that often target security forces. Egypt had already doubled to one kilometre (0.62 mile) the depth of a security buffer zone on its border ...

A man with the gun is still on the run after shooting a police officer in the north-west Melbourne this morning. The shooting happened after two police officers in a car tried to stop a black car in Moonee Ponds around 3:40am and the driver sped off. After a short chasing, the officers tried to block the car on Robinson ...

Saudi-led air strike has killed at least 30 people in the southern Yemeni port city of Aden. It is yet unsure how many of the dead were civilians or Houthi rebels who caught the capital, Sanaa last year, and insisted on President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi being banished. Up to 3,000 people have been killed since the Saudi-led attacks began in ...

France and Germany urged Greek government to make credible proposals at a eurozone summit. French president Francois Hollande said “The door is open for discussion,”. Francois Hollande and German chancellor Angela Merkel had taken note of the message that sent by Greek political parties about their desire for staying in the eurozone. He said “It’s up to Greek government to ...

One of four Americans held by Houthi rebels in civil war-torn Yemen has been released, the US State Department says. Casey Coombs, a freelance journalist, was flown to Oman where he was met by the US ambassador. Last week, the Washington Post reported that at least four Americans were being held by Houthi rebels. Meanwhile, a video of a Frenchwoman kidnapped in ...

Security forces arrested five fugitives in different areas of north LebanonThursday at checkpoints and in house raids, security sources said. Lebanese fugitive Bassem al-Asmar, wanted over several arrest warrants, was arrested by the Army in al-Arour Street in the Tripolineighborhood of Bab al-Tabbaneh, one source said, without specifying the nature of the charges. Police also arrested two people in other ...

Former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has been sentenced to eight months in prison for taking cash from an American businessman. He was also fined $25,700. Police said Olmert received the money from 1993 through 2006, during his tenure as Jerusalem’s mayor and while holding ministerial positions under former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. He took over as prime minister in 2006 ...

A Saudi TV star has earned death threats for deploying a new weapon against Islamic State: laughter. “Selfie”, a sketch comedy show which debuted last week on Saudi-owned pan-Arab satellite channel MBC, has won praise from influential voices in the Middle East for daring to mock the hardline militant group. In one scene, a group of buffoonish holy warriors at ...