The fighting in Syria took another dangerous turn when rebel rockets targeted Hezbollah locations in Lebanon.
A 27-year-old graphic designer has made history by becoming the first Saudi woman to conquer Mount Everest.
Two men who the Iranian government said worked as spies for Israel and the United States were hanged Sunday morning, according to Iranian state news outlet.
Violence surged in the strategically important Syrian town of Qusayr on Sunday. Activists said the offensive marked some of the most intense fighting they've seen in the fiercely contested area near the Lebanese border.
At least 16 people were killed across Iraq on Sunday as gunmen and Iraqi security forces clashed in several areas, police officials in Baghdad and Ramadi said.
At least 15 people were killed Saturday in Baghdad and Anbar provinces, police said, in what appeared to be a continuation of sectarian violence.
The number of Syrians who have fled their country to escape the civil war has passed 1.5 million, the U.N. said.
Bombs struck Sunnis leaving a mosque and attending a funeral in Iraq on Friday, killing dozens amid festering tensions between Sunnis and Shiites.
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One contestant on "Arab Idol," the Middle Eastern version of American Idol, has been drawing attention because of more than just his impressive vocals.
The leaders of Turkey and the United States are huddling in Washington on Thursday over how to handle the Syrian civil war.
Eleven people -- six in Baghdad and five in Kirkuk -- die in attacks Thursday, police say.
A confluence of a hankering for fried chicken and hard times in the smuggling business means buckets of KFC are showing up on tables in Gaza.
State news: The Egyptian prosecutor's office says evidence shows 3 suspected al Qaeda-linked terrorists targeted the U.S. and French embassies and Egyptian army.
Iraqi security forces raided a farm belonging to a Sunni tribal leader Thursday, he and two other tribal leaders said, prompting fears over sectarian tensions.
Three employees of the International Committee of the Red Cross who were seized by armed tribesmen in southern Yemen on Monday have been released, the ICRC said.
Four people were arrested Wednesday in connection with blasts in a southern Turkish town that killed about 50 people, the semi-official Anadolu news agency says.
Another grisly video has come from Syria, this one apparently showing rebels executing army soldiers.
At least 29 people were killed and more than 120 others wounded in a dozen car bomb explosions in Baghdad and Kirkuk on Wednesday, police said.
Several rockets from Syria landed early Wednesday in the Hermon area of the Israeli-held Golan Heights, the Israeli military said.
A ghastly video apparently shows a rebel cutting out the heart and liver of a Syrian soldier and eating the heart
Gunmen targeted liquor stores in eastern Baghdad on Tuesday evening, killing 12 people, police officials said.
Turkey's flagship airline is facing the threat of a strike after negotiations with the country's main aviation workers union collapsed.
An Iranian-American college professor has quixotic hopes to be Iran's next president. But his real aim is to re-establish trust between the U.S. and Iran.
At least 13 people in Turkey have been detained in connection with the weekend car bombings near the Syrian border, the semi-official Anadolu news agency said.
A ghastly video apparently shows a rebel cutting out the heart and liver of a Syrian soldier and eating the heart
Tribal militants in Yemen kidnapped a worker for the Red Cross on Monday, three security officials told CNN.
Rage grew in a Turkish town on Syria's border Monday in the aftermath of bombings, as the government blamed Marxists with Syrian connections for the deadly attacks.
A Yemeni military plane crashed into a residential area of the capital Monday, killing the pilot and injuring at least 18 people, the Yemeni government said.
Four U.N. peacekeepers released Sunday, five days after they were seized while patrolling between Syria and the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, official says.
Turkey has detained nine of its citizens in connection with twin car bombings that killed several dozen people, Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Besir Atalay says,
Hundreds of candidates are vying to become Iran's next president, with hopefuls ranging from friends to foes of current President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
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Over 40 died when two car bombs exploded in the Turkish border town of Reyhanli. A Turkish official says the attackers were in touch with Syria's secret police.
Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak faces retrial Saturday after a court appearance in April ended abruptly when a judge in the case recused himself.
The Turkish government is treating around a dozen patients who have exhibited unusual symptoms suggesting they were exposed to a chemical weapons attack, a Turkish source said.
While the world's attention was focused on Boston and North Korea, the conflict in Syria entered a new phase -- one that threatens to embroil its neighbors in a chaotic way and pose complex challenges to the Obama administration.
Two Finns and one Austrian believed to have been kidnapped by al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula last December in Yemen have been released.
A decision by physicist Stephen Hawking not to attend a conference in Israel in support of an academic boycott has sparked controversy in Israel and online.
Israel is taking steps to defend itself against threatened retaliation from Syria after claims it launched a night assault on a suburb of the capital Damascus on Sunday. This was believed to be the second Israeli attack in three days.
The U.N. and Arab League point man on Syria praised the top U.S. and Russian diplomats Wednesday for their latest efforts to forge a solution to the Syrian war.
Secretary of State John Kerry said Thursday the U.S. would provide an additional $100 million in aid for Syrian refugees.
Ramiz Rafizadeh was driving past Syria's famous Ummayad Mosque in December when another vehicle abruptly cut him off.
Saudi Arabia's art scene has been growing for years. Finally, those inside the country are starting to notice.
At least six people were killed and 24 others wounded in shootings and bombings across Iraq on Wednesday, police said.
The arts are thriving around the Arabian peninsula. From Doha to the smallest state of the United Arab Emirates, museums and galleries are making an ambitious mark on the Middle East's cultural landscape.
Turkey's prime minister, a staunch critic of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime, on Tuesday called Israel's recent airstrikes in Syria "unacceptable."
Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal has called on the Saudi Telecommunication Authority to drop reported plans to block social media platforms.
It has been a rocky couple of years for the people of Egypt. Since the 2011 revolution, the economy has tanked, street protests are an almost daily occurrence and the political situation remains volatile.
Concern about the possibility of broader war in the Middle East grew Monday after reported airstrikes on Syrian military installations.
(CNN) -- A flurry of explosions in the Iraqi cities of Baghdad and Mosul on Monday killed seven people and wounded 16, police said.
A series of massive explosions illuminated the dark sky over Damascus early Sunday, igniting renewed claims that Israel has launched attacks into the war-torn country.
Syria accused Israel of firing rockets into the Damascus suburb of Jamraya on Sunday, striking a "scientific research center," Syrian state TV reported.
Saudi Arabian girls will be allowed to practice sports in private schools for the first time, according to the nation's official press agency.
A U.S. journalist missing in Syria for nearly six months is likely in Syrian government custody, GlobalPost, an online news outlet, reported Friday.
President Obama said Friday that he did not foresee a scenario of "American boots on the ground in Syria" that would be good for that country or the region.
U.S. officials believe Israel has conducted an airstrike into Syria, two U.S. officials told CNN.
President Obama said Friday that he did not foresee a scenario of "American boots on the ground in Syria" that would be good for that country or the region.
The United States believes Israel has conducted an airstrike into Syria, two U.S. officials first told CNN.
At least five people were killed and 30 others wounded Friday after a bombing outside a Sunni mosque in northeastern Baghdad, police said.
A fire broke out at the Damascus airport when mortar shells hit a kerosene tank and a plane, state news said.
Syrian troops took control of large swaths of territory in the flashpoint city of Homs on Thursday, encircling an opposition suburb, an activist group said.
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Syrian troops took control of large swaths of territory in the flashpoint city of Homs Thursday, encircling an opposition suburb, an activist group said.
More people died violently in Iraq in April than in any other month in nearly five years, the United Nations said Thursday.
Syria's president made a rare public appearance Wednesday.
Attackers killed at least 16 people and wounded 31 more in Iraq on Wednesday, police and health officials said.
An Palestinian and an Israeli are killed in the latest rash of violence in the Middle East. Another Palestinian is stabbed and wounded, police said.
A wave of violence struck Iraq on Tuesday, with bomb blasts and gun battles killing at least six people and wounding more than 20, police officials told CNN.
The U.S. is waiting for details on the evidence of chemical weapons use in Syria, President Barack Obama said Tuesday.
CNN's Arwa Damon explains what's simmering behind the latest surge in violence in Iraq - attacks that some now fear could lead to full sectarian war.
Syrian Prime Minister Wael al-Halqi survived a bombing targeting his motorcade Monday in a Damascus neighborhood; government and opposition report casualties.
At least 25 people were killed and 69 others were wounded in five car bombings in Iraq on Monday, police said,
Britain says it will continue to press for an independent probe into the case of three British citizens who were sentenced Monday to four years on drug charges
Iraq's government ordered 10 television networks shut down Sunday, accusing them of stoking sectarian violence.
Three British citizens held on drug charges in the United Arab Emirates since July could face a verdict as early as Monday.
Syrian rebels attacked several military airports across the country Sunday, including a sprawling base in the province of Idlib, opposition activists said.
Syria on Friday denied that it has used, or even possesses, chemical weapons and accused the United States and Britain of lying.
Israel won't open a criminal probe into the airstrike that killed 10 members of a Palestinian family and two neighbors during the November 2012 war with Gaza.
Attacks in and around Baghdad kill at least 14 people and injure more than 80, police and health officials said Friday.
The Israeli air force shot down a drone approaching the nation's coast Thursday, the Israel Defense Forces said.
The United States has evidence that the chemical weapon sarin has been used in Syria on a small scale, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Thursday.
The Kurdish rebel group that has fought a guerrilla war against the Turkish state for the past 30 years announced it would begin withdrawing its fighters from Turkey to neighboring countries.
Iraqi President Nuri al-Maliki called for dialogue and resolve to halt the recent rise of violence in Iraq.
More violence engulfed Iraq on Wednesday as tensions rose between Sunnis and Shiites, with the latest bloodshed spurred by deadly clashes the day before in the town of Hawija.
Two Syrian Orthodox bishops remain missing two days after being kidnapped, with each side in the civil war blaming others for the snatching.
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Violence in Iraq Tuesday left more than 30 people dead and dozens wounded, police and government officials said.
A mysterious, circular structure, with a diameter greater than the length of a Boeing 747 jet, has been discovered submerged about 30 feet (9 meters) underneath the Sea of Galilee in Israel.
The bodies of at least 566 people who were killed over a six-day period across Syria were found Sunday, an opposition group said.
Turkey and Israel met Monday to discuss how to compensate the families of victims of Israel's deadly raid on a Gaza-bound aid ship that killed nine.
Israel has denied the request of 26 Palestinians from Gaza to participate in a long-distance race in the West Bank on Sunday.
An explosion at a busy restaurant in the Iraqi city of Falluja killed at least two people Sunday and wounded at least 22 more, police said.
A heavy police presence in Bahrain on Sunday limited marches by protesters organized to coincide with the controversial Formula One race in the kingdom, won by world champion Sebastian Vettel.
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