Local officials say 65 people were killed, and over 200 were injured after a reported suicide bombing in Lahore, Pakistan.
Category - Middle East
Syrian government forces advanced further into Palmyra on Saturday, after two weeks battling Islamic State to recapture the strategically-important city.
U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter announced that the U.S. military has killed Islamic State commander Abd al-Rahman Mustafa al-Qaduli.
Islamic State has claimed responsibility for a suicide bomb attack south of Baghdad which killed at least 30 people and injured more than 60.
Turkey's interior minister says the suicide bomber who killed four people and injured dozens more in Istanbul has links to Islamic State.
At least 19 people have died and 25 others were injured after a bus carrying 43 Egyptians crashed in Saudi Arabia, according to Egyptian media.
FlyDubai flight 981 from Dubai to Rostov-on-Don crashed while attempting to land; the cause is not yet known. All 62 aboard the plane are presumed dead.
At least five people are dead and 36 injured after a suicide bomber struck a major shopping and tourist district in central Istanbul.
Turkey and the EU struck a deal aimed at preventing migrants from crossing the Aegean Sea. Those arriving on Greek shores will be returned to Turkey beginning.
A Kurd-led conference voted unanimously to accept draft terms for the establishment of an autonomous federation in northern Syria.