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British Prime Minister David Cameron was heavily criticized for his description of migrants trying to reach Britain as a “swarm.” Cameron said on Thursday, “A swarm of people coming across the…

Almost 7,000 prisoners were released under a mass presidential pardon in Myanmar. Among those freed were political prisoners and over 200 foreign nationals. A statement from the country’s…

A "safe zone" Turkey and the US are creating in Syria is an attempt by Ankara to stop the Kurds from forming their own territory, the leader of Turkey's pro-Kurdish People's Democratic Party said…

An Afghan official said Wednesday his government is examining claims that reclusive Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar is dead. Unnamed intelligence sources said they believed he died two to…

Media reports on Chinese government’s decision to ban Ramadan fasting for public servants, teachers and students in Xinjiang caused public outrage in Turkey, which was further fueled through…

Nigeria’s Army said Tuesday it had liberated 30 hostages held by Boko Haram, including 21 children and seven women, amid ongoing offensives against the extremists in the country’s northeast.

Pakistani police killed the head of the banned Lashkar-e-Jhangvi militant group as he attempted to escape custody in Punjab Province, officers said.

China has recovered $6.2 billion (¥38.7 billion) in losses from graft, state media reported, as the leadership pursues a campaign against pervasive corruption.

Corrupt officials had to…

Two people were killed late Tuesday in clashes between armed groups in a Palestinian refugee camp near Lebanon’s southern port city of Sidon.

A Palestinian official, who spoke on condition…

Citizens from more than 100 countries are currently fighting among the ranks of the Islamic State militant group and the terrorist organization has taken the upper hand in…

The United Nations aid chief on Tuesday urged the Security Council to redouble efforts to secure a pause in fighting in Yemen, saying he would travel to the country within weeks.

“This…

Convicted spy for Israel Jonathan Pollard has been granted parole and will be released from an American jail on November 21, 30 years after his arrest, the US Justice Department and his attorneys…

A man was killed as at least 1,500 migrants tried to enter the Channel Tunnel in the northern French town of Calais on Tuesday night, French police said. Nine illegal immigrants have been killed…

Scientists and tech experts, including Prof. Stephen Hawking and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, warned Tuesday of a global arms race with weapons using artificial intelligence.

Human Rights Watch condemned as an "apparent war crime" on Tuesday a Saudi-led air raid in Yemen last week that it said killed at least 65 civilians in residential compounds.

Two Pakistani officials said the second round of peace talks between representatives of the Afghan government and the Taliban is likely to be held in Pakistan on Friday.

The two officials…

European countries should be less beholden to military blocks and the US when considering issues concerning their own national interests, Russian President Vladimir Putin told the Swiss RTS TV…

More than 1,800 migrants have been picked up in the Mediterranean and 13 bodies recovered as the exodus from North Africa by boat endures, Italy’s coast guard said on Tuesday.

Saudi King Salman expressed support for Turkey after it launched airstrikes against IS in Syria and the Kurdish PKK in Iraq, state media reported on Tuesday. The king told Turkey’s President Recep…

Two policemen were killed in Bahrain after they were targeted in a “terrorist attack,” the interior ministry said. The ministry said eight other policemen were injured, three of them seriously, in…

Breach of the humanitarian ceasefire in Yemen causes some 25,000 additional people to starve each day as the blockade and fighting restrict food and other vital supplies, Oxfam…

The US and Turkey have agreed to work together to drive Islamic State militants from northern Syria, a senior US official said on Monday, as Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said its…

Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, stung by allegations that he received some $700 million in government money, on Tuesday fired the attorney general who had been investigating him and a deputy…

A Libyan court on Tuesday sentenced former autocrat Muammar Gaddafi’s son Saif al-Islam and eight other defendants to death for crimes during the 2011 uprising.

Former intelligence chief…

At least 13 suspected Boko Haram militants and three civilians were killed in separate attacks over the weekend after the insurgents raided several remote localities around Lake Chad, Chadian…