'The camel kicked and bit him practically to death, and when he was almost dead, he sat on him'.
The militant group of the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for a deadly weekend rocket attack into the northeastern Lebanon.
Gunmen Friday shot dead 18 experts -- most of them Iranians -- who were working on a gas pipeline from Iran to Iraq northeast of Baghdad, police officers said.
Germany said Friday it was temporarily reducing its embassy staff in Yemen and told its aid workers to leave after an attack claimed by Al-Qaeda killed 52 people, including two Germans.
Four people were killed Friday in a shelling attack near a major mosque in the Syrian capital Damascus, reported state media and activists.
The Syrian army has launched intense attacks on the last areas under foreign backed militant groups control in the Qalamoun mountains north of Damascus, a monitoring group said.
Tehran has strongly condemned an attack on Russia’s Damascus embassy, describing it an “act of terrorism.”
The Iranian defense minister says that angry and war-mongering remarks against Iran by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu were indicative of Iran’s political success and its international influence.
Russia evacuates embassy staff and their families from Libya via Tunisia after gunmen tried to storm its diplomatic mission in Tripoli.
Around 40 students were killed in Nigeria’s north-east allegedly by militants from the extremist group Boko Haram. The well-armed insurgents broke into a college dorm at night and opened fire at young people while they were still asleep.
Unidentified gunmen have shot dead at least 20 civilians and wounded several others in Nairobi.
Three people have been killed and six others severely injured in a bomb attack on a convoy of Afghan and foreign forces near Kandahar International Airport in southern Afghanistan.
Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Marzieh Afkham has condemned the recent attack on the Iranian consulate in Afghanistan’s western city of Herat as “unacceptable” and called for calm.
Forces loyal to the Saudi-backed Manama regime have attacked dozens of homes in the country over the past three days in their continued crackdown on pro-democracy protesters.
At least seven people have been killed in a bomb attack by Taliban and ensuing gun battle in the Afghan capital.
A rights group says the Maitham al-Bahrani mosque on the southern outskirts of the Bahraini capital Manama has been attacked.
Police in the western Turkish city of Istanbul have fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse thousands of anti-government protesters in Taksim Square.
Blasts and gunfire hit the presidential compound in the Afghan capital, with Taliban claiming responsibility.
Israeli warplanes have carried out airstrikes on the blockaded Gaza Strip, hitting areas in the south and center of the impoverished Palestinian territory.
Police in the western Turkish city of Istanbul have attacked anti-government protesters camped out in the city’s Gezi park.