International

US-led coalition aircrafts unleashed a series of airstrikes targeting the Islamic State stronghold of Raqqa in eastern Syria, killing at least 10 militants and wounding many others, the coalition…

Saudi Arabia will not rule out building or acquiring nuclear weapons, the country’s ambassador to the United States indicated.

Asked in an interview with US news channel CNN on whether…

Some 5,000 protesters marched Saturday night in downtown Guatemala City demanding the resignation of the country’s corruption-plagued President Otto Perez, who lost a fight for immunity from…

Nearly 8,000 people were evacuated on Saturday in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan due to a rash of wildfires, officials said. the number of active fires reached 114,…

Yemen's Houthi movement said on Saturday a pause in fighting to last until the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan was under discussion with the United Nations to allow for…

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday said relations between Moscow and Washington were key to ensuring global stability and called for dialogue based on "equality and respect."

An explosion at a mosque in Syria’s Idlib Province on Friday killed at least 25 members of the Al-Qaeda-linked Nusra Front, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.

Anti-Islam acts in France have increased by 23.5% in the first six months of 2015 compared with the same period last year, a French organization said in a new report.

The Syrian Army and Lebanese group Hezbollah said they had launched a major ground and air assault on the rebel-held Syrian city of Zabadani on Saturday and were closing in on the insurgents holed…

Supporters of Egypt’s ousted president, Mohamed Morsi, staged fresh protests on Friday to call for his reinstatement, one week ahead of the anniversary of his ouster in a military coup.

The 47-member United Nations Human Rights Council voted on Friday to adopt a resolution condemning Israel over the findings of a UN report into the Operation Protective Edge in Gaza.

Interior ministers of the Persian Gulf Arab countries vowed on Friday to take a united stand against a string of deadly bombings targeting Shia mosques claimed by the Islamic State group.

Police in the southern Italian city of Naples uncovered a factory used for making fake euro notes. The forgers had already made some €9 million worth of false banknotes, which were of…

To overlook tremendous progress that Ecuador registered under the current administration would take great determination and discipline. New airports, highways, hospitals and culture centers are…

Dutch police conducted mass arrests on Thursday and Friday, detaining about 200 people for ignoring a ban on public assembly in a neighborhood hit by late-night rioting after the death of a man in…

A US drone strike has killed a top IS leader in charge of the extremist group’s foreign fighter operations and moving people and supplies into Syria and Iraq.

The French government rejected an asylum request from WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Friday, saying he did not face "immediate danger."

"France cannot act on his request," said the…

Amnesty International released a report on Thursday, demonstrating the price Yemeni civilians pay under Saudi-led airstrikes and a failure to abide by the requirements of international…

Despite hopeful signs over the last few months, Kabul and Islamabad face a long, hard road to reconciliation. On May 18, Pakistan’s Army spokesman, Major General Asim Bajwa, took to Twitter to…

Mass killings in the United States may be contagious, according to a study published on Thursday that found each deadly tragedy can increase the likelihood that another will soon follow.

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Some 1,400 primary school teachers have quit in an eastern Indian state in recent months amid an ongoing investigation into fake qualifications, an education official said Friday.

Kuwait passed a law ordering mandatory DNA testing of all its subjects and foreign residents following a deadly mosque bombing in the country's capital.

An estimated 1.3 million citizens…

The death toll from a capsized Philippine ferry rose to 51 on Friday as rescuers tried to right the overturned vessel and found more bodies, a coast guard official said.

The motorized,…

Turkey has deployed additional troops and equipment along part of its border with Syria as fighting north of the city of Aleppo intensifies, security sources said, but Prime…

Boko Haram militants killed nearly 150 people in northeastern Nigerian villages, mowing down men and children while they prayed in mosques and shooting women preparing food at home, witnesses said…