Suicide bombers have attacked two mosques in Yemen's capital, Sanaa, killing at least 126 people and wounding many others, reports say. Worshippers were attending noon prayers at the Badr and al-Hashoosh mosques when at least four attackers struck.

Islamic State militants have destroyed ruins at the ancient city of Hatra, Iraqi officials say.

Pakistani authorities have arrested hundreds of parents who are refusing to vaccinate their children against polio, officials have said, as community opposition and Taliban threats block efforts to eradicate the crippling disease in one of its last strongholds.

Kuwait's appeals court has sentenced prominent opposition leader Mussallam al-Barrak to two years in jail on charges of insulting the Gulf state's ruler, his group says.

Mohamed Fahmy, one of two al-Jazeera journalists still held in Egypt, has renounced his Egyptian citizenship to secure his release, his family say.

At least 20 people have been killed in a powerful bomb blast at a Shia mosque in southern Pakistan, officials say.

Amman, Jordan (CNN)— ISIS militants have launched an attack on the oil-producing northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk.

Japan and ISIS are understood to have agreed on an exchange of journalist Kenji Goto, held hostage by the Islamist militants, for Sajida al-Rishawi, the Iraqi woman who killed 60 people in a 2005 Jordan bombing, Tass reported, citing Japan’s Fuji TV.

US President Barack Obama has telephoned Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to offer his condolences after the apparent murder of a Japanese hostage by Islamic State.

After the death of King Abdullah, Saudi Arabia quickly announced that one of his younger brothers, Crown Prince Salman, was succeeding him.

One Lebanese Hezbollah commander and several fighters have been killed in an Israeli air attack in the Syrian province of Quneitra, near the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights.

A shocking video has emerged of a mother blasted in the head in a public execution by Al-Qaeda for alleged adultery.

A mixture of confusion and fear have struck the Syrian population currently residing in Lebanon following a recent announcement made by General Security over new visa measures to be implemented today.

Dawood Ibrahim is counting his blessings after his alarm clock failed to work yesterday - because it meant he overslept and avoided getting caught up in the massacre at his school in Pakistan.

The Pakistani city of Peshawar has begun burying its dead after a Taliban attack at a school killed at least 132 children and nine staff.