EGYPT

Most companies manufacturing the tools for torture are state-owned, and advertise themselves online and in trade shows, according to a report.

Airstrikes by the U.S. and several Arab allies killed at least 20 ISIS militants, but also reportedly claimed the lives of eight civilians.

The Ajnad Misr militant group claimed responsibility for the blast in a statement posted on its official Twitter account.

The hostages, including Turkey's consul-general, diplomats' children and special forces soldiers, were seized from the Turkish consulate in Mosul.

Washington plans to deliver the helicopters, built by the Boeing Co., but gave no date.

Adel Abdul Bary pleaded guilty to three charges associated with al Qaeda’s bombing of U.S. embassies in Africa in 1998.

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says the actor's global fame and passion for the planet will help bring awareness to the climate threat.

A U.N. envoy said that the conflict had left entire neighborhoods in Gaza in “total ruin” and that nearly 100,000 had been left homeless.

Egypt, Indonesia and several other countries demanded Google user information for the first time in 2014.

71-year-old Mohammed Badie, head of the Muslim Brotherhood since 2010, is also facing a death sentence in Egypt.

The increase in the number of refugees dying in boat sinkings is directly related to the outbreak of conflicts in Iraq, Syria and Africa.

Around 500 migrants were said to be on the boat that traffickers rammed and sank.

Iraqi President Fouad Massoum has expressed reservations about the involvement of Egypt, UAE and Saudi Arabia in airstrikes.

Analysts say Libya is turning into a conflict zone for competing regional powers.

Sunni Arab states have expressed support for the U.S. campaign President Barack Obama announced last week to destroy the Islamic State.

The Spinosaurus had nostrils high up on its head so it could breathe while partially submerged.

Many of the Muslim Brotherhood's exiled leaders have taken refuge in countries sympathetic to its cause, such as Qatar and Turkey.

As Islamist militants fight for Benghazi, Libya moves closer to becoming a place where people with radical agendas are at home.

Turkey, however, did not sign the joint statement, signaling its unwillingness to participate directly in the fight against Islamic State.

Multiple Mideast powers with their own agendas make forging a coalition difficult.

The report alleged that, between January 2013 and June 2014, thousands of asylum seekers from Sudan and Eritrea were forced to leave Israel.