(CNN) — A Syrian airstrike in Aleppo has killed at least 15 people, including nine children, the opposition Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Saturday. A single bomb landed in the mostly Kurdish district of Sheikh Maksoud, the [...]

Almaty, Kazakhstan (CNN) — So many hours of talks, so little progress. Despite two days of intensive negotiations, Iran and six world powers “remain far apart” on Tehran’s controversial nuclear program, EU foreign [...]

Cairo, Egypt (CNN) — At least five people have been killed and five more injured after clashes between Christians and Muslims in Egypt’s Qalyubia province, a spokesman for Egypt’s health ministry said. The violence in the [...]

David Miliband weighs in on Iran Negotiating with Iran over nuke program Almaty, Kazakhstan (CNN) — Representatives from six world powers and Iran wrapped up an inconclusive day at the negotiating table Friday in Kazakhstan after [...]

(CNN) — If the Syrian government falls, other countries in the region could suffer, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad told a Turkish news outlet Friday. The embattled leader told Turkey’s Ulusal TV that neighboring states who should [...]

Beirut, Lebanon (CNN) — The message the brother and sister read aloud is one addressed to a missing father: 9-year-old Najwa and 8-year-old Tirad reciting the words in unison, “Our mother’s starting to worry about you.” Their [...]

Almaty, Kazakhstan (CNN) — Representatives from six world powers and Iran returned to the negotiating table Friday in Kazakhstan for fresh talks aimed at breaking the deadlock over Iran’s nuclear program. When negotiators from [...]

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(CNN) — Babylon was one of the glories of the ancient world, its walls and mythic hanging gardens listed among the Seven Wonders. Founded about 4,000 years ago, the ancient city was the capital of 10 dynasties in Mesopotamia, considered [...]

(CNN) — Babylon was one of the glories of the ancient world, its walls and mythic hanging gardens listed among the Seven Wonders. Founded about 4,000 years ago, the ancient city was the capital of 10 dynasties in Mesopotamia, considered [...]

(CNN) — A second Palestinian man died Thursday from injuries he suffered during clashes with Israeli security forces a day earlier, the official Palestinian news agency said. On Wednesday, a 17-year-old was killed when Palestinians [...]

(CNN) — Rights group Amnesty International has condemned a reported Saudi court ruling sentencing a man to be paralyzed as retribution for having paralyzed another man as “outrageous.” In a statement issued Tuesday, the [...]

Jerusalem (CNN) — A well-known Palestinian prisoner died of cancer in Israeli custody on Tuesday, sparking outrage among Palestinian groups who accuse Israel of denying him treatment. Maysara Abu Hamdiya, 64, a retired Palestinian [...]

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(CNN) — Rights group Amnesty International has condemned a reported Saudi court ruling sentencing a man to be paralyzed as retribution for having paralyzed another man as “outrageous.” In a statement issued Tuesday, the rights [...]

Jerusalem (CNN) — The patter of rockets from Gaza into Israel continued Wednesday, according to Israeli authorities. And an al-Qaeda linked group claimed responsibility for launches that occurred a day earlier. The steady drip of projectiles [...]

Jerusalem (CNN) — A well-known Palestinian prisoner died of cancer in Israeli custody on Tuesday, sparking outrage among Palestinian groups who accuse Israel of denying him treatment. Maysara Abu Hamdiya, 64, a retired Palestinian [...]

Jerusalem (CNN) — A well-known Palestinian prisoner died of cancer in Israeli custody on Tuesday, sparking outrage among Palestinian groups who accuse Israel of denying him treatment. Maysara Abu Hamdiya, 64, a retired Palestinian [...]

(CNN) — Israel conducted two airstrikes inside Gaza on Tuesday night, security sources in Gaza told CNN. The sources told CNN this was the first Israeli airstrike there since a truce that ended eight days of fighting between the Israelis [...]

Editor’s note: Frida Ghitis is a world affairs columnist for The Miami Herald and World Politics Review. A former CNN producer and correspondent, she is the author of “The End of Revolution: A Changing World in the Age of Live [...]

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(CNN) — Hamas, the Palestinian movement that runs Gaza, has re-elected Khaled Meshaal as its political leader, several sources inside Hamas confirmed to CNN Tuesday. Meshall returns to Gaza Hamas’s political chief on cease-fire Meshaal [...]

(CNN) — The brutal civil war in Syria claimed more than 6,000 lives in March alone — making it the deadliest month since the conflict began a little more than two years ago, the opposition Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported [...]

Baghdad (CNN) — A suicide bomber drove an oil tanker into a police station in central Tikrit on Monday, killing at least nine people and wounding 20 others, an official with Iraq’s interior ministry said. There was no immediate [...]

(CNN) — Saudi Arabia may block access to popular Internet messaging applications like Skype, Viber and WhatsApp if telecommunication providers there don’t comply with rules and regulatory conditions, according to the country’s [...]

Leicester, England (CNN) — Elliot Higgins has never been to Syria. He has no friends and family there. Nor does he have any military experience or background in weapons analysis. But when he lost his job last year, he used the extra [...]

(CNN) — An appeals court in Bahrain has overturned the conviction of 21 medics for their role in anti-government protests two years ago. Prosecutors had convicted about two dozen medics on misdemeanor charges, saying they had turned [...]