A senior commander of pro-Russian rebel forces in east Ukraine said separatists were due to begin withdrawing heavy weapons from the front line on Sunday.
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Israel signed a contract to buy 14 additional F-35 fighter jets from the United States for about $3 billion, the Defense Ministry said on Sunday.
The deal, approved by an Israeli…
InternationalA recently retired American police officer shot and killed his two daughters before killing himself at the family’s home, officials said Saturday.
Glen Hochman, 52, who retired from the…
InternationalTurkey launched an overnight military operation into neighboring Syria to evacuate troops guarding an Ottoman tomb and to move the crypt to a new location, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said…
InternationalAfter 2,000 inmates, mostly immigrants, took over a Texas prison in a riot over poor medical services, federal authorities have decided to relocate all the detainees, a report said. The riot at…
InternationalAustralia’s security hotline had received 18 calls about a self-styled militant days before his deadly attack on a Sydney cafe, a report said. Several warning calls were reportedly related to…
InternationalA woman has been named as mayor of Baghdad for the first time, a government spokesman said Saturday.
InternationalIslamic State’s affiliate in Libya claimed responsibility for bomb attacks in the country’s east that left dozens dead, saying they were directed at the commander of a campaign against IS forces.…
InternationalA huge fire engulfed The Torch, one of the world's tallest residential towers in Dubai's Marina district on Saturday, sending yellow flames several stories high, but there were no reports of…
InternationalYemen's former president Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi left the capital Sanaa for Aden on Saturday following weeks of house arrest imposed by Houthi militants since he submitted his resignation in…
InternationalRussia will always find an adequate response to any pressure coming from the outside, Russian President Vladimir Putin said during a gala-show ahead of the Defender of the Fatherland Day, which…
InternationalUS Defense Secretary Ash Carter made his international debut Saturday with an unannounced visit to Afghanistan to see American troops and commanders, meet with Afghan leaders and assess whether US…
InternationalLiberia is reopening its land border crossings shut down during the Ebola outbreak, a positive sign in a nation that was the epicenter of the deadly virus.
InternationalUS Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in London on Saturday for meetings with his British counterpart, and a senior official said they would discuss possible penalties that could be imposed…
InternationalAn armed group in South Sudan has abducted 89 boys in a northern state, the UN children’s agency said Saturday.
The boys, some as young as 13, were abducted near Malakal, the…
InternationalThe High Representative for the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) declared the need for global reconciliation in the face of new and emerging ideological threats in the 21st century…
InternationalSome 20 people, including senior officials, have been killed in an attack on a hotel in the Somali capital, according to witnesses.
The Central Hotel, often frequented by politicians, was…
InternationalYemen's feuding parties have agreed on a "people's transitional council" to help govern the country and guide it out of a political crisis, UN mediator Jamal Benomar announced on Friday.
InternationalFrench President Francois Hollande said Friday at a joint news conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel that he was unable to confirm the presence of Russian military…
InternationalA joint Iraqi-Kurdish military force of up to 25,000 fighters is being prepared to retake the Iraqi city of Mosul from Islamic State, a US official said.
According to the senior military…
InternationalAntonio Ledezma, the mayor of Venezuelan capital Caracas, was detained amid claims of involvement in a US-backed coup attempt. Intelligence agents took the 59-year-old veteran politician…
InternationalAt least 17 people were killed in Mozambique’s capital after a freight train carrying commuters and merchandise derailed on Thursday, Reuters reported. In addition, two trains collided early…
InternationalA group of 23 lawmakers urged House Speaker John Boehner to postpone Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s upcoming speech to a joint session of Congress.
In a letter, the lawmakers…
InternationalThe United States sought to unite nations around a common vision for combating violent militant groups in three days of conference which ended Thursday long on words but short on concrete steps.…
InternationalThe US National Security Agency (NSA) and Great Britain’s Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) hacked into the world’s largest SIM card manufacturer, stealing encryption information,…
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