International

More than 2,000 people have died so far this year trying to make the perilous journey across the Mediterranean to Europe, making it the world’s most dangerous migrant route, the International…

The head of the Afghan Taliban's political office in Qatar resigned, in the latest sign of a split in the group following the group leader Mullah Omar's death.

Tayyab Agha said in a…

Pakistani and Indian border guards traded gunfire and mortar shells Tuesday along their disputed border in the Himalayan region of Kashmir, killing two Pakistanis and an Indian, officials said.…

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday vowed to do “whatever necessary” in Turkey’s fight against Kurdish forces, with no end in sight to a two-week cycle of violence.

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The US and Russia offered their support to Persian Gulf Arab countries as the region tries to come to terms with the escalating conflict in Syria, the threat from militant groups and the nuclear…

The Islamic State group makes its militants use drugs in order to control them, Commander of the Tigris Operations Lt. Gen. Abdul-Amir Zaidi said.

Spain could be heading for constitutional tension after Catalonian President Artur Mas signed a decree on Monday clearing the way for elections on the September 27, ahead of a Spanish general…

At least 11 people died on Tuesday after a building collapsed near India’s western city of Mumbai, police said, many others feared trapped beneath the three-story building. The municipality had…

More than 1,500 schools have been damaged or destroyed as a result of the conflict in Iraq’s troubled Anbar Province alone since the beginning of 2014, a provincial spokesman said Monday.

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Forces loyal to Yemen’s fugitive president Abd-Rabbuh Mansour Hadi recaptured the country’s biggest air base from the Houthis on Tuesday after a 24-hour clash using heavy armor supplied by a Saudi…

Malaysia’s anti-graft agency said nearly $700 million deposited into the Prime Minister Najib Razak’s personal bank accounts were from “donations” and not related to a brewing scandal.

The US will use airstrikes to defend US-trained Syrian rebels from any attackers, even forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, according to US officials.

The Afghan government addressed the growing leadership crisis in the Taliban for the first time on Monday, saying it will not deal with the militant group separately from other "armed opposition"…

Heavy monsoon rains in India have killed more than 100 people in the past week and forced tens of thousands of people to take shelter in relief camps, India's Home Ministry said on Monday.

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The United States and Egypt are returning to a “stronger base” in bilateral ties despite tensions and human rights concerns, US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Sunday after talks with his…

Nigerian troops rescued 178 people from Boko Haram in attacks that destroyed several camps of the extremists in the northeast of the country, an army statement said on Sunday.

Spokesman Col…

Tokyo on Monday described claims that Washington spied on Japanese politicians and major firms as “deeply regrettable,” in its first official response to revelations from whistleblower group…

The flow of immigrants to Europe stems from the western states’ military interventions in Iraq, Libya and Syria, which have contributed to the emergence of terrorist groups and creation of chaos…

The Central African Republic is staring at one of the largest humanitarian crises of our time if immediate action is not taken to increase aid to the country, according to the UN.

At least 31 people were killed and dozens injured when a Syrian fighter jet crashed into a busy marketplace in the northwestern town of Ariha on Monday, residents and witnesses said. Most of the…

King Salman of Saudi Arabia and his 1,000-strong entourage cut short a holiday on the French Riviera where the closure of a beach for his security caused an uproar. After only eight days of what…

The historic developments last week along the western portion of the Turkish-Syrian border pack more drama than a hundred Turkish television soap operas, and like those dramas, we will have to…

Australian parliamentary Speaker Bronwyn Bishop announced her resignation Sunday following public anger over her travel expenses, as Prime Minister Tony Abbott said a review would be launched into…

US President Barack Obama is expected to unveil today what he called the "biggest, most important step we've ever taken" to fight climate change, a sensitive issue central to his legacy.

US President Barack Obama is the most admired foreign leader in Africa because he has ancestral roots in our continent. This is partly the reason his ill-informed and stereotypical admonitions of…