Egyptian security forces have opened fired on protesters across the North African nation as supporters of military-ousted elected president Mohamed Morsi waged fresh demonstrations against the military rule.
The Israeli military has announced detaining five Palestinians accused of collaborating in the killing of a Jewish settler in the occupied West Bank.
Islamic Republic of Iran Navy has foiled a fresh pirate attack to seize an Iranian vessel carrying liquefied gas near the Gulf of Aden off the coast of Somalia, a top commander said.
Syrian army has recaptured two strategic southern districts of Damascus, killing scores of foreign-backed terrorists.
There are reports that some third countries are training Syrian rebels to use chemical weapons in Afghanistan, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says.
The Israeli Air Force is holding a widespread drill, utilizing several squadrons, in order to test the force's ability to reach remote destination during lengthy flights.
Bahrainis have once again taken to the streets to denounce the Al Khalifa regime’s unrelenting crackdown on pro-democracy protests.
Iraq executed 42 people, including a woman, for mass killings and other terrorism offences over two days this week, the Justice Ministry says.
Syrian foreign-backed militants killed at least 190 civilians and took more than 200 hostage during an offensive in Latakia province in August, Human Rights Watch has said, in another evidence of crimes against humanity by opposition forces.
A number of foreign-backed militants, including a French terrorist commander, have been killed during an operation carried out by the Syrian army near the northern city of Aleppo.