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Voters in Turkey cast their ballots on Sunday in a parliamentary election that could lead to fundamental changes in how the country is governed.

The Syrian Army said on Sunday it had repulsed a major offensive by IS militants in the northeastern city of Hasaka and drove out gunmen who had taken over key installations on the southern edge…

Authorities in Iraq said a car bomb attack near a market killed 14 people in a town northeast of Baghdad. Police officials said the attack took place Saturday night in the Shia town of Balad Ruz,…

Uganda, Kenya and South Sudan are among several African states to have signed a new deal on cyber security to protect multi-million-dollar oil and transport projects.

Mexico’s government moved about 40,000 federal police, soldiers and marines into Oaxaca, Chiapas, Guerrero and Michoacan states ahead of Sunday’s vote.

National Security Commissioner Monte…

A BBC investigation has seen evidence that details what happened to the $10 million sent from FIFA to accounts controlled by former vice president Jack Warner.

The money, sent on behalf of…

British authorities warned that up to half a million people could attempt the perilous Mediterranean crossing this summer. This is while naval vessels from Italy, Britain, Ireland and other…

Copies of IS English-language propaganda magazine, Dabiq, were pulled from the website of online retailer Amazon, briefly after they became available for sale. Four different copies of the…

An attorney for ex-intelligence contractor Edward Snowden said Saturday that the whistleblower met Argentina’s President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner in April and discussed US surveillance…

The White House urged Congress to come out of the "dark ages" and pass new cyber security rules, using a massive security breach to press its case for reform.

US President Barack Obama's…

Bangladesh and India signed a historic agreement on Saturday to simplify their border by exchanging more than 150 enclaves of land.

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi ratified the deal…

Islamic State militants have seized another town in Libya, the group and a military source said on Friday, expanding the territory they control in the strife-torn country.

A military source…

An Egyptian court overturned a decision naming Hamas a terrorist organization Saturday, a ruling coming after months of increasing hostility with the Palestinian group. The Urgent Matters Appeals…

Eleven people died and eight were missing after an earthquake near Malaysia’s highest peak, officials said. The bodies were recovered from Mount Kinabalu, on the island of Borneo, after a 6-…

UN agencies have reported an alarming number of child victims in last year’s attacks on the Gaza Strip but were split on whether Israel should be put on a list of violators of children’s rights, a…

Around 20 million Yemenis, or nearly 80 percent of the population, are in dire need of food, water and medical supplies, in a humanitarian disaster that aid agencies say has spiraled since…

Police in Pakistan said gunmen in the country’s southwest opened fire on a vehicle carrying police officers, killing four of them before fleeing.

Senior police officer Abdur…

A total of 396 people were confirmed dead on Saturday after a cruise ship capsized in China, state media said, making it the country’s worst shipping disaster in nearly 70 years.

Only 14…

More than 53 million Turkish voters head to the polls on Sunday in perhaps the country’s most eagerly awaited general election in a decade.

The words of the pro-government TV talk show host left no room for debate. President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi is synonymous with Egypt, he lectured his audience, and Egyptians are either on his side…

Tariq Aziz, Iraq’s former deputy prime minister and foreign minister, has died in prison aged 79 years old.

Signaling an increase in rivalry, the Islamic State (Isis) fighters in Afghanistan reportedly beheaded 10 Taliban militants on Wednesday, 3 June, ibtimes reported.

Local reports claim that…

IS has closed off a dam to the north of the Iraqi city of Ramadi – seized last month – cutting water supplies to pro-government towns downstream and making it easier for its fighters to…

Some 175 people have died in a fire at a petrol station in Ghana’s capital, Accra, officials say.

The fire on Wednesday night started as people in the city were trying to cope with two days…

Thousands of demonstrators flocked to the streets of Germany on Thursday ahead of the G7 summit in Bavaria. The main rally took place in Munich, with participants accusing world leaders of failing…