International

Amnesty International on Wednesday urged the five permanent members of the UN Security Council to waive their veto rights in cases of atrocities, describing 2014 as a “catastrophic year for…

Two military fighter jets collided during a reconnaissance mission and crashed in eastern Turkey on Tuesday night, reported the Daily Sabah. The Turkish interior minister said four pilots were…

The FBI is offering a $3 million reward for information leading to the arrest of Russian hacker Evgeniy Mikhailovich Bogachev charged with allegedly creating a computer virus last year used for…

At least nine people were reported killed in a shooting in the eastern Czech Republic town of Uhersky Brod, local reports and officials said.

“According to our information, there are nine…

Unidentified gunmen in southern Afghanistan stopped two buses traveling to the capital, Kabul, and seized around 30 people belonging to the ethnic Hazara minority, a bus company official…

One day, historians will have their hands full debating the causes of the chaos now overtaking much of the Middle East. To what extent, they will ask, was it the inevitable result of deep flaws…

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi signed off on an anti-terrorism law that gives authorities more sweeping powers to ban groups on charges ranging from harming national unity to disrupting…

Israeli soldiers shot dead a Palestinian in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, the military and a Palestinian hospital official said. It also cut off power Monday to more than 700,000 Palestinians…

Russian President Vladimir Putin said war with neighboring Ukraine is “unlikely”, in an interview for Russian television. Putin also stressed his support for the recent Minsk ceasefire deal as the…

Islamic State militants abducted at least 90 people from Assyrian Christian villages in northeastern Syria, a monitoring group that tracks violence in Syria said on Tuesday.

Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo said on Tuesday the planned execution of 11 convicts on death row - including two Australians - will not be delayed and warned foreign countries not to intervene…

At least five unidentified drones were spotted flying over central Paris landmarks during the night and early morning, a security source said Tuesday. The first drone sighting was near the US…

Turkey will make its planned new long-range missiles compatible with the NATO's systems, presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin said on Monday, in comments apparently at odds with those of the…

Egypt’s ministry of social solidarity Monday ordered the dissolution of 169 non-governmental organizations (NGOs) affiliated with the blacklisted Muslim Brotherhood (MB), Xinhua news agency…

Ukraine’s military said on Monday it could not start withdrawing heavy weapons from the front line in the east as required under a tenuous ceasefire because pro-Russian separatists who advanced…

As the Congress ponders President Barack Obama’s request for an Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) to fight the Islamic State, US policymakers must focus on the “morning after”…

Turkey’s pro-Kurdish party HDP and the leftist Labor Party announced their decision to join forces ahead of the June 7 general elections in Turkey, a joint statement said. HDP is…

Thailand sentenced two students to jail for two-and-a-half years on Monday on charge of insulting the country’s monarchy in a satirical play performed at a university. Patiwat Saraiyaem, 23,…

Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi  said that the need for a joint Arab military force is growing every day as the region faces the escalating threat of armed factions.

A senior US military figure claimed that airstrikes against the Islamic State militant group have killed 8,500 extremist fighters.

US Central Command chief, General Lloyd Austin, stated…

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott on Monday announced a push to toughen citizenship laws and tackle those “inciting hatred” in an attempt to target domestic extremists.

US Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson urged Americans to be vigilant following a terror threat to western shopping centers, including one of America’s largest malls.

He said he took…

A river ferry carrying about 100 passengers capsized in central Bangladesh on Sunday after being hit by a cargo vessel, killing at least 33 people, officials said, adding that the toll could rise…

The Islamic State militant group released a new video on Sunday, showing what appears to be Kurdish Peshmerga forces paraded down Iraqi streets in cages.

It shows at least 21 men in orange…

French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Drian will meet his Indian counterpart Manohar Parrikar this week to prevent the collapse of a deal to sell 126 Rafale fighter jets.