International

Japan and North Korea have held secret talks on neutral grounds over the fate of 12 Japanese nationals abducted in the 1970s and 1980s on the Korean peninsula, local media…

The government of Yemen's fugitive president Abd-Rabbuh Mansour Hadi claimed on Saturday some of its ministers had returned to Aden from Riyadh, after the exiled government declared the key…

Saudi Arabia announced Saturday it has broken up planned Islamic State attacks in the kingdom and arrested 431 suspects in an anti-terrorism sweep, a day after a powerful blast in neighboring Iraq…

US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter will travel to Israel and Saudi Arabia this week to clear doubts over Iran’s nuclear deal with the West.

Carter, who will also visit Jordan,…

Al-Qaeda’s North African branch claimed an ambush of an Algerian Army patrol that killed at least nine soldiers, in one of the deadliest such attacks in years.

Al-Qaeda in the Islamic…

Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered the creation of a new reserve armed force as part of steps to improve training and military readiness at a time of international tensions with the West…

A South Korean agent was found dead after an apparent suicide amid a growing scandal over a covert hacking program that officials say was aimed at rival North Korea. Seoul says it was used for…

Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump sparked anger by attacking the military record of Senator John McCain, a former prisoner of war.

The billionaire and reality TV star said McCain…

The Islamic State has used poison gas in attacks against Kurdish-controlled areas of northeastern Syria in late June, two monitoring groups confirmed.

Militants in Egypt’s restive Sinai Peninsula attacked two military checkpoints, killing at least five soldiers on Saturday in the latest violence there targeting security forces,…

Mains water and electricity have returned to large parts of the Syrian city of Aleppo following a three-week cut after Al-Qaeda’s local affiliate, the Nusra Front, stopped water supplies, forcing…

More than 50 child soldiers recruited by the Islamic State group in Syria have been killed since the beginning of this year, a monitoring group said on Wednesday.

The Syrian Observatory for…

The world at large is apparently divided over what constitutes the biggest single threat to mankind: The devastation caused by climate change or the unbridled terror unleashed by the Islamic State…

A group of 20 travelers from Britain, South Africa and India were detained in northern China, a relative said on Wednesday, on charges of allegedly watching videos deemed to be terrorist…

A Japanese parliamentary committee has approved security bills to expand the role of the country’s military. One bill would allow the Japanese military a greater role, including the defense of…

The World Health Organization said on Tuesday it had delivered life-saving medical supplies to the southern city of Aden in Yemen, where most health facilities are “non-functional” due to fighting…

Taliban leader Mullah Omar on Wednesday hailed as “legitimate” peace talks aimed at ending Afghanistan’s 13-year war, in his first comments on the nascent dialogue, easing concerns that it lacked…

Seven suspected militants were killed and 13 others were arrested on Tuesday in a wide-scale security campaign across Sinai, security sources said.

The campaign targeted areas in North…

US President Barack Obama called for sweeping reforms to the US criminal justice system, including curbing the use of solitary confinement and voting rights for felons.

He said lengthy…

Mexican prosecutors investigating the escape of drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman formally placed 22 prison officials in custody on Tuesday over suspicions that the infamous fugitive had…

Turkey’s Nationalist Movement Party is unwilling to join the ruling Justice and Development Party in a coalition alliance, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Tuesday after a meeting…

Kuwait charged 29 people Tuesday over the suicide bombing of a Shia mosque last month that killed 27 people and wounded more than 227, a day after it introduced plans to set up a permanent…

Pakistan’s Army said it killed 14 suspected Taliban members in the North Waziristan tribal area on Tuesday.

Mexico’s government is offering a $3.8-million reward for the capture of fugitive druglord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman and sacked top prison officials amid suspicions that guards helped him escape.…

Romania’s Prime Minister Victor Ponta was charged on Monday with forging documents and serving as an accessory to tax evasion and money laundering. Prosecutors said they had named Ponta, 42,…