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Pakistan’s military said it killed 34 militants on Wednesday in air strikes on a tribal region near the Afghan border as part of a major offensive against insurgents that began last year.

Three Iraqis were killed on Wednesday when a booby-trapped truck exploded in Iraq near the border with Kuwait, Kuwaiti news agency KUNA reported.

The agency quoted Talib al-Hosuna, a local…

Protesters in Athens threw petrol bombs at police and set cars on fire as they demanded the release of jailed political prisoners. They also want the Syriza government to keep its promise to close…

In a sign of the European Union’s diminishing appetite for sanctions against Russia, seven EU member states are expected to reject any prolongation of the current western sanctions against Russia…

Nigerian troops claimed to have ousted Boko Haram from the northeastern states of Yobe and Adamawa, as well as the city of Bama in the Borno State, said Gen.

Families have begun fleeing Libya’s coastal city of Sirte after two days of clashes between so called ISIL militants and fighters loyal to a government based in Tripoli. Food and fuel is said…

A Pakistani police officer says paramilitary troops have been deployed to prevent more rioting by minority Christians after the deadly Taliban church attacks in the eastern city of Lahore.

Ukraine on Monday said it will vote this week on bills granting separatist areas in the east special status in line with a February peace deal, as one soldier died in continuing sporadic clashes…

An Egyptian court seeks the death penalty for the Muslim Brotherhood’s top leader Mohamed Badie and 13 other members of the group for inciting chaos and planning attacks on police…

The potential deployment of a sophisticated US air defense system in South Korea to counter the North’s missile threat is proving a headache for Seoul as it tries to walk a fine line between its…

More than 45,000 Russian troops as well as war planes and submarines started military exercises across much of the country on Monday in one of the Kremlin’s biggest shows of force since its ties…

British Prime Minister David Cameron on Tuesday said there was only a “pretty slim” chance that he could bring forward to 2015 a referendum on the country’s membership of the European Union which…

Defense ministers from the ten Southeast Asian countries today inked a joint declaration focused on strengthening regional security on issues ranging from the Islamic State (IS) to the South China…

The US National Intelligence has removed Iran and the Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah from its list of “terrorist threats.”

Yemen's Houthi militia leader said on Sunday the group was engaged in indirect talks with neighbor Saudi Arabia, Yemeni state news agency Saba reported.

It is the first known dialogue…

The Afghan army killed a militant commander who had claimed allegiance to the Islamic State group, the Ministry of Defense said on Monday.

In an operation in the southern Helmand province,…

Philippine troops have captured the leader of a Muslim opposition group in the south who has been linked to bombings and a beheading and accused of protecting two suspects wanted by the United…

Kiev authorities have a “unique” opportunity to end the Ukrainian conflict and establish peace in the southeast of the country, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin has told the…

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has been granted the power to govern by decree until 31 December.

The measure was approved by the National Assembly, where Mr Maduro has a majority. He…

Jordan’s Muslim Brotherhood has formally split after 70 years - a breakup blamed on long-running ideological disputes, but also on a government attempt to further weaken what was once the country’…

Iraqi forces need support from coalition air strikes in Tikrit, where die-hard jihadists are defending their last redoubt with trenches, sandbags and roadside bombs, a top officer said on Sunday…

President Vladimir Putin has ordered the Russian Navy’s Northern Fleet and paratrooper units to go on full alert as part of snap military exercises in the Arctic, RIA news agency quoted the…

Prime Minister David Cameron’s plan to get changes to European Union treaties as part of his renegotiation of Britain’s ties with the bloc is “mission impossible”, European…

Witnesses say a car bomb has struck a base for a militia battling a Libyan affiliate of the Islamic State group, killing one person. They say the attack happened late Sunday in the western Libyan…

Malaysian police have arrested the eldest daughter of jailed opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim for alleged sedition, a move slammed by critics as a clampdown on dissent. Opposition party official…