Islamic State stormed the historic Syrian city of Palmyra on Wednesday, seizing parts of it from government forces in fierce fighting as civilians were evacuated and Syria’s antiquities chief called on the world to save its ancient ruins. If the al Qaeda offshoot takes over Palmyra it would be the first time it has captured a city directly from President ...

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One person was killed and seven were wounded on Tuesday in a suicide bombing in the eastern Libyan town of Qubbah, a security official said. Islamic State militants, exploiting a power vacuum amid conflict between two rival governments, have built up a presence in Derna, a city to the east of Qubbah. But there was no mmediate claim of responsibility. ...

Saudi-led warplanes hit Yemeni rebels and their allies in Sanaa on Tuesday, in the first strikes on the rebel-held capital since the end of a five-day humanitarian truce, witnesses said. The Saudi-led coalition resumed its bombing campaign early on Monday with raids on second city Aden, accusing the rebels of violating the temporary ceasefire which expired the previous night. Tuesday’s ...

Jordan on Tuesday rejected Syrian accusations that “terrorists” were being given military training on its soil, insisting Amman favoured a political solution to its neighbour’s conflict. The Syrian foreign ministry, in a protest letter sent to the United Nations on Monday, alleged Jordan “provides logistical support to armed terrorist groups, including (Al-Qaeda affiliate) Al-Nusra Front”. It accused Jordan of having ...

Former Egyptian President Mohamed Morsy was sentenced Saturday by a Cairo court to death — the latest judicial setback for the ousted leader. He was convicted in a 2011 prison break. Morsy’s name, along with those of more than 100 other defendants, will be passed to the Grand Mufti, the highest legal authority in Egypt, who will have the final ...

With no extension announced, a five-day humanitarian cease-fire in Yemen between Houthi rebels and a Saudi-led coalition ended Sunday night. The cease-fire expired at 11 p.m. but it wasn’t clear if either side immediately began widespread hostilities. The cease-fire hadn’t halted all fighting between the rebels and those opposing them. There were concentrated flyovers by aircraft likely from the coalition ...

Heavy fighting between rival Burundian troops erupted in the capital on Thursday, the day after a top general launched a coup to oust the central African nation’s President Pierre Nkurunziza. Military sources and witnesses said troops loyal to the president were fighting off an attack against the state television and radio complex. The president himself was in neighbouring Tanzania when ...

With no end in sight to tough talks with its creditors, Greece confirmed fears of economic slowdown by announcing Wednesday that it had slipped back into recession. The Greek national statistics agency said the economy had contracted by 0.2 percent in the first quarter of this year, according to preliminary data. The second consecutive quarterly fall in national output, following ...

Verdicts are due on Saturday in the espionage and jailbreak cases brought against of the ousted Muslim Brotherhood president A Cairo criminal court set to rule on Saturday in the espionage and jailbreak trials of deposed president Mohamed Morsi will likely hand out jail terms to some defendants and exonerate others, a judge has said, ruling out death sentences against ...