International

NATO Deputy Secretary-General Alexander Vershbow said “large numbers” of Russian troops are dying while fighting alongside pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine, BBC reported.

A Turkish Airlines jet landing in dense fog in the Nepalese capital Wednesday skidded off a slippery runway, but there were no serious injuries, officials said.

The plane, Flight…

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There’s no monarch in democratic Turkey – but you might not know it watching the news these days.

South Korean police said on Friday they are investigating possible links between a knife attack on the US ambassador to Seoul and the assailant’s multiple visits to North Korea, as they also…

The European Union is ready to step up sanctions on Russia over the Ukraine conflict, but the priority is to bolster a fragile ceasefire agreed in Minsk, EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini…

Islamic State (IS) fighters have used a bulldozer to start destroying a 3,000-year-old Assyrian city near Mosul in Iraq, archaeologists and other sources have told Al Jazeera.

The…

Al-Qaida’s Syrian affiliate confirmed on Friday that its top field commander was killed in an airstrike that targeted a meeting of the group’s senior leadership.

The Zionist naval forces opened fire on several Palestinian fishing boats off the coast of the Gaza Strip, injuring two fishermen and detaining four others, head of the Gaza fishermen’s union said…

The leadership of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) has voted to suspend all security cooperation with Israel, a move which could further escalate tensions, Euronews reported. The…

Tajik opposition leader Umarali Quvvatov, 47, was shot dead by an unknown assailant on an Istanbul street late on Thursday, Turkey’s private Dogan news agency said on…

Western leaders have called for a “strong reaction” from the international community to any major violation of a ceasefire in eastern Ukraine as they seek to further pressure Russia over the…

Around a dozen drones were reported flying over areas of the French capital overnight, Paris police said on Wednesday, the latest in a series of unexplained drone sightings.

Afghan security forces are suffering heavy casualties on the battlefield and large numbers of troops are resigning or deserting their units, a new report says.

Nearly 1,000 migrants and refugees were rescued off Italy’s coast, while 10 migrants perished in the southern Mediterranean, officials said Wednesday.

The rescue vessels, including coast…

A suspected gas blast at a coal mine in a rebel-held region of east Ukraine has killed at least 30 people and left some 40 missing, officials said.

US President Barack Obama has reacted scathingly to a speech by the Israeli prime minister that castigated his policy towards Iran.

In a speech to the US Congress, Benjamin Netanyahu warned…

Accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev may live or die based on whether jurors believe his older brother led him astray, Bloomberg reported. Prosecutors will try to show that Tsarnaev,…

Edward Snowden, the fugitive whistleblower who has been given refuge in Russia, is willing to return to the United States if he is given a fair trial, his lawyer said, CNN reported. “He is…

South Korea and Saudi Arabia will sign an agreement on nuclear cooperation during a two-day visit by President Park Geun-Hye that began Tuesday, a diplomat said.

Official Saudi media…

Boko Haram released a video purporting to show the beheading of two men, the militant group’s first online posting using graphics and editing techniques reminiscent of footage from the …

An Israeli gunboat has infiltrated Lebanese territorial waters and threatened a Lebanese fishing boat, the Lebanese army said Monday.

France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine agreed to ask the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) to help with the implementation of the ceasefire agreement…

Hillary Clinton used a personal email account while serving as secretary of state, and may have violated federal requirements, the New York Times reported. Clinton reportedly did not have a…

The Venezuelan government said the United States has two weeks to dramatically reduce the number of diplomats it has in the country.

Foreign Minister Delcy Rodriguez said the US could…