British PM: Not certain if 'Jihadi John' killed in Syria
A U.S. drone strike targeted a vehicle in Syria believed to be transporting the masked Islamic State militant known as "Jihadi John, according to...
UAE armed Libya factions and wooed envoy with job offer
The United Arab Emirates shipped weapons to Libyan factions fighting Islamists while offering a $50,000-month job to the UN envoy negotiating a peace deal...
War batters cradle of Yemen's Arab Spring uprising
Not even hospitals are spared the shells which every day pound the besieged city of Taiz, where Yemenis who took to the streets for...
Jordanian killer was on a journey to "paradise or hell"
Days before he shot dead five people in a canteen during his lunch break, Jordanian police officer Anwar Abu Zeid sent a message to...
Battle brews over economic policy in Turkey's AKP after election win
Behind its monolithic facade, a row over economic policy is raging in Turkey's AK Party as it readies for another four years in power,...
In a divided Iraq, a unique school brings children together
Kurdish, Arab and Turkmen children sit in the same classrooms at a school where Islamic and Christian education textbooks are stacked on the same...
Carbon capture projects worldwide rise to 15
There are now 15 projects in operation worldwide that have captured 28 million tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions from coal and industrial plants this...
"Peak demand" means world may never see oil at $100 a barrel again
Just as the energy industry has brushed aside concerns that the world could run out of oil, industry executives now say they believe it...
Victory proves elusive in Saudi king's Yemen war
In Yemen's humid southern port of Aden, Saudi Arabian soldiers in armoured cars patrol streets where jihadists lurk. In Marib, east of the capital...
EU has little option but to deal with strengthened Erdogan
The EU, desperate for help to solve the migrant crisis, has little option but to deal with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on his...
