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Senior US defense and military officials say Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi is asking the coalition for more police training, particularly for Sunnis who will have to secure Ramadi and other…

Egypt’s president, speaking ahead of next week’s anniversary of the 2011 uprising that toppled longtime ruler Hosni Mubarak, vowed on Saturday to unleash a firm response to any unrest and to press…

A 17-year-old boy has been charged with four counts of first-degree murder after shootings in Canada’s western Saskatchewan province, police say. The boy, who cannot be named because of his age,…

US Vice President Joe Biden said on Saturday the United States and Turkey were prepared for a military solution against the self-styled Islamic State terrorist group in Syria should the Syrian…

A day after 46 migrants drowned in a choppy Aegean Sea, protesters demonstrated on Saturday at a Greek border town to demand that Greece ease transit restrictions at its heavily militarized border…

A killer snowstorm paralyzed the East Coast on Saturday, effectively shutting down New York City and the nation’s capital, while dumping as much as 3 feet of snow in other areas.

At least…

Afghanistan’s Taliban want to be removed from a UN blacklist before considering rejoining peace talks aimed at ending a 15-year civil war, a senior member said, as its political wing met activists…

Parts of the eastern United States are buried under 60 cm of snow after a huge blizzard began falling on Friday across more than 20 states, affecting some 85 million people.

Argentine President Mauricio Macri’s popularity is at about 65% two months after he narrowly won office and carried out a shock currency devaluation as part of his plan to revive Latin America’s…

Tunisia’s President Beji Caid Essebsi vowed on Friday to end the cycle of unrest that has pummeled towns across the country as authorities imposed a nationwide curfew-five years after the nation,…

Haiti has abandoned plans to hold a presidential runoff election following street clashes leaving the Carribean nation in political limbo. The US had encouraged the country to go forward with the…

The gunman suspected of killing four people and injuring several others in Canada’s worst school violence in a decade first shot his two brothers at home before opening fire at the remote…

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has informed the General Assembly that 15 countries, including oil producer Venezuela, are in arrears in paying their annual contribution to the UN regular budget…

At least 42 migrants have drowned overnight in two separate shipwrecks in the Aegean Sea, officials say.

The first boat struck rocks near the Greek island of Farmakonisi, while the second…

Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has declined an offer to build a new government.

Rajoy has struggled to gain political support, with many parties saying they would vote against him in…

At least 10 people have reportedly been killed and further 13 injured after a bomb exploded during a police raid on a suspected terrorists’ hideout in the Cairo suburb of Giza near the road…

Myanmar began releasing the first of about 100 political prisoners on Friday, government officials said, days before democracy champion Aung San Suu Kyi’s party is to form a new government after…

As images and reports of starvation in besieged Syrian communities drew an international outcry and two rare aid convoys this month, an urgent question arose: Why not drop food and other needed…

Twelve US Marines missing after two military helicopters collided last week off Hawaii’s Oahu Island have been listed as deceased, the military said on Thursday. The coast guard called off the…

Israel confirmed on Thursday it was planning to appropriate a large tract of fertile land in the occupied West Bank, close to Jordan, a move likely to exacerbate tensions with western allies and…

Protests over youth unemployment have spread to several towns and cities in Tunisia, leading to the death of a policeman in clashes on Thursday.

Demonstrations began in the northern…

Somalia’s security forces ended a deadly siege of a beachfront restaurant in the capital, with more than 20 people killed in the attack, a police official said on Friday.

The security…

Syria peace talks scheduled to begin January 25 will likely be delayed by a few days. World powers working to shepherd the parties are hung up trying to write the guest list.

The UN…

A senior US diplomat stepped up pressure on China on Wednesday to cooperate on new, tough sanctions meant to make North Korea suffer for a recent nuclear test that raised worries about…

The UN says violence suffered by civilians in Iraq remains “staggering”, with at least 18,800 killed between 1 January 2014 and 31 October 2015. Some 3.2 million people have also been displaced…