(Reuters) - An Egyptian prosecutor on Monday referred to a military court at least 339 alleged supporters of the banned Muslim Brotherhood, including four top leaders, judicial sources said, as the state expands a crackdown against political opponents. Egypt expanded the jurisdiction of military

A Palestinian has been killed overnight during an Israeli military operation in the Qalandiya refugee camp near Ramallah in the West Bank, medical and security sources say. The 21-year-old man was killed when troops entered the camp to make an arrest, prompting clashes with residents, sources sai

At least 142 people, including 132 children, have been killed in an attack by Pakistani Taliban fighters (TTP) on a military-run school in Peshawar in Pakistan's northwest. Explosions and gunfire rang out as seven armed men attacked the Army Public School on Tuesday morning, in one the bloodiest

BERLIN: German Chancellor Angela Merkel faces challenges from allies and rivals to confront a rising tide of anti-immigrant sentiment driving increasingly popular anti-Islam marches in the city of Dresden every Monday. With thousands expected at the next march, Merkel is in a dilemma. Her securit

CAIRO: Egypt’s top prosecutor referred 439 people to military tribunals on Saturday for acts of violence including the killing of three policemen last year. Security officials said that one group was 139 men he described as hard-liners from the southern province of Minya, while another was compri

At least 18 people have died and more than 90 are missing after a landslide on Indonesia's main island of Java. Heavy rain caused the landslide near Jemblung village in central Java. Rescuers are searching for survivors but a lack of heavy equipment left many forced to dig with their bare hands

France’s Senate has narrowly approved a resolution asking the government to recognize a Palestinian state, in hopes that could be a tool in negotiations for lasting Mideast peace. Legislators and officials around Europe are increasingly pushing for two states, disappointed with stalemate in Israe

A Palestinian official has said that the autopsy on Ziad Abu Ein's body proves that Israel's actions led to the death of a Palestinian minister, while Israel disagrees with the findings of the same autopsy. Abu Ein died on Wednesday shortly after an Israeli border policeman shoved and grabbed him

BEIJING: The regional capital of China’s restive western region of Xinjiang has introduced a law banning veiled robes in public places. The measure in the predominantly Muslim region comes as Beijing intensifies a campaign against religious extremism that it blames for the violence that has left

SULAIMANIYAH: Six months into the offensive in Iraq, the autonomous Kurds said Wednesday they had lost more than 700 fighters and argued the burden of hosting a million displaced civilians was becoming unsustainable. Since the Islamic State group launched a devastating offensive from Syria on Jun

Israeli air strikes on four high-rise buildings in the final days of this summer's conflict in Gaza amounted to war crimes, Amnesty International says. Evidence suggested the destruction was "carried out deliberately and with no military justification", a new report by the human rights group found.

UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations children’s agency UNICEF declared 2014 a devastating year for children on Monday with as many as 15 million caught in conflicts in Central African Republic, Iraq, South Sudan, Syria, Ukraine and the Palestinian territories. UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake

Typhoon Hagupit is sweeping across the eastern Philippines, toppling trees and power lines and threatening coastal areas with a powerful sea-surge. More than half a million people have fled coastal villages in the area, which was still recovering from Typhoon Haiyan last year. In Tacloban, where

Belgium's government have agreed to recognise the Palestinian state, despite diplomatic pressure from Israel and its allies, RT and other international mass media reported yesterday. The government said it would recognise the Palestinians state "at a moment deemed appropriate". Belgian newspap

PARIS: France said Friday its fighter jets were conducting a “major” raid in Iraq as part of the US-led coalition offensive against the IS group, days after members said the strikes were having effect. “At the moment, a major raid is taking place,” Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian told BFMTV,

LIMA: This year is on track to be the hottest on record, or at least among the very warmest, the United Nations said on Wednesday in new evidence of long-term warming that adds urgency to 190-nation talks under way in Lima on slowing climate change. Including this year, 14 of the 15 most swelteri

The United Nations is concerned about the lack of respect for the neutrality of its facilities. Israeli attacks on U.N. facilities and how Palestinian fighters misused some U.N. founded schools for weapons storage prompted the international organization to launch an investigation, officials sai

BRUSSELS: Belgian legislators are working on a resolution to recognize a Palestinian state but the government says any timing to proceed will depend on European Union action. Belgian Foreign Minister Didier Reynders said he first would push for a new EU initiative to bring Israel and the Palestin