International

North Korea test-fired seven surface-to-air missiles off its east coast on Thursday and its leader Kim Jong Un appeared to have been an observer, South Korea’s military said on Friday.…

A detainee has allegedly died under unconfirmed circumstances in one of the UK’s immigration detention centers, which are in the midst of hunger strikes by detainees over sub-standard housing…

Protesters called for calm but vowed to keep pushing for change in Ferguson a day after the shooting of two officers in front of the city’s police department heightened tensions in the St. Louis…

Iraqi soldiers and Shiite militiamen entered the Islamic State-held city of Tikrit on Wednesday, authorities said, breaching one of the biggest strongholds of the extremists in a key test for…

Eleven Marines and four soldiers were presumed dead after an army helicopter crashed during a nighttime training mission off the Florida coast, where some remains have washed ashore and search…

Colombia is to halt bombing raids against left-wing Farc rebels for a month, President Juan Manuel Santos said, in a further sign of progress in the country’s peace process. Santos said the move…

A special Indian court on Wednesday summoned former prime minister Manmohan Singh, accusing him of criminal conspiracy and breach of trust for his alleged role in a multibillion dollar scandal…

Israeli authorities on Tuesday demolished an EU-funded shelter in east Beit al-Muqaddas, the European Union said, denouncing the move.

“We condemn the demolition of temporary shelters…

Sweden will cancel its arms deal with Saudi Arabia, Prime Minister Stefan Lofven said in a statement on Tuesday. The decision comes after the oil-rich state blocked the Swedish foreign minister’s…

Moscow has the right to place nuclear weapons in Crimea, but is not currently planning to do so, the head of the Department for Nonproliferation and Control of …

At least 34 persons were killed by a teenage girl suicide bomber on Tuesday at a crowded market in the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri, witnesses said.

The blast by a female…

A video posted online by Islamic State militants on Tuesday showed a boy fatally shooting Muhammad Musallam, an Israeli Arab accused by the group of spying for Israel’s intelligence service.

We need to talk. It has to do with the open letter you sent to the “Leaders of the Islamic Republic of Iran” on Monday, March 9. You know, the one attempting to sabotage the ongoing “P5 + 1”…

The term “cybersecurity” has long been a comically ubiquitous utterance in Washington. But recent proposals from Congress, the White House and the intelligence community are straining the word’s…

Iraqi security forces on Tuesday retook a town next to the militant-held city of Tikrit as they pressed their offensive against Islamic State militants, two military officials said.

Swiss President Simonetta Sommaruga voiced her support for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

 “Switzerland has worked for years for a solution to the conflict…

Dutch Justice Minister Ivo Opstelten and State Secretary Fred Teeven resigned after misleading parliament over a 2001 compensation payment to a convicted drug trafficker.

Cuba on Tuesday offered its “unconditional support” to Venezuela after US President Barack Obama authorized new sanctions against senior officials of the South American oil producer, Havana’s…

NATO military buildup near Russia’s border does not contribute to the restoration of trust in the Euroatlantic space, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Tuesday.

Military sources in Nigeria say their ground forces are starting to reclaim areas seized by Boko Haram militants.

In the past months, the extremist group has taken…

The Russian defense ministry said on Monday it had launched military exercises in the country’s southern region of Stavropol, the news agency RIA Novosti reported on Tuesday. The exercises involve…

Two helicopters carrying French sports stars filming a popular European reality show crashed in a remote part of Argentina, killing 10 people, including two Olympic medal winners and a sailing…

Saudi Arabia blocked a plan for Sweden's foreign minister to address the Arab League on Monday in a protest over criticism of its human rights record, a Swedish foreign ministry spokesman said.…

Forces from Chad and Niger opened a new front in the regional military fight against the Boko Haram militant group, as army vehicles full of soldiers crossed the border into northeast Nigeria,…

Exactly one year after Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 disappeared without trace, investigators released a new report Sunday revealing little progress has been made on unraveling one of the biggest…