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A drone strike in Afghanistan killed six people on Monday including a veteran militant suspected of having defected to IS from the Taliban, senior Afghan officials in Helmand Province said. Mullah…

Former chairman of one of China’s largest mining corporations Hanlong Group, billionaire Liu Han, was executed on Monday, charged with murder and organizing a criminal group, Xinhua reported.…

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott urged an end to disunity after surviving a party confidence vote on his leadership. Liberal Party MPs voted by 61 to 39 not to open up his position to…

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi privately “despises” Persian Gulf Arab rulers, despite their substantial financial aid to Egypt, and in contrast to his public statements of lavish praise…

Back in 2001, France floated a proposal that the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council (P5) should voluntarily refrain from using their veto power when dealing…

The largest multinational military exercise in the Asia-Pacific, Cobra Gold, was set in motion in Thailand on Monday, despite Washington having scaled down its participation after the 2014 coup.…

Russia, Germany, France, and Ukraine have agreed that the time has come to reach a solution on the Ukrainian crisis, European Commissioner for European Neighborhood Policy and…

A top US official announced Sunday that Iraqi troops will launch a ground offensive “within weeks” to take back swathes of the country seized by Islamic State militant group.

“There will be…

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said he would bring forward to Monday a meeting of his ruling party to consider a challenge to his leadership. Abbott has faced criticisms over policy…

A man shot six people Saturday afternoon, killing four of them, including his ex-wife and several children before shooting himself at a home in the city of Georgia, west of Atlanta, police said.…

The United Arab Emirates said it is sending F-16 fighters to Jordan to support the country’s airstrikes against Islamic State militants.

Jordan has pledged retaliation against IS after the…

Iraq's years-old nightly curfew was raised on Sunday in a bid by Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi to ease restrictions on daily life despite persistent violence plaguing the country.

Doing…

The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas on Saturday lauded a decision by Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu not to attend the 51st Munich Security Conference due to Israeli participation…

Libya’s warring factions will resume UN-sponsored talks on Tuesday inside the country to try to resolve a struggle between two governments and parliaments, officials from both sides said on…

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy said said on Saturday Crimea cannot be blamed for seceding from Ukraine – a country in turmoil – and choosing to join Russia. He also added that Ukraine “is…

No one in charge of the Guantanamo Bay detention facility has had a background in detention. Why? Joseph Hickman, a former noncommissioned officer who served at the Guantanamo Bay detention…

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas ordered the formation of a committee to follow up lawsuits to be brought to the International Criminal Court (ICC) against Israel …

An explosion outside the presidential palace in Yemen’s Sanaa on Saturday wounded three Houthi militiamen guarding the residence, Al-Arabiya reported.

The explosion followed an announcement…

In the wake of the Paris shootings, the Western world exalted in the euphoria of unity. Angela Merkel and Benjamin Netanyahu held hands. Two doomed politicians, David Cameron and Francoise…

US President Barack Obama on Friday released an updated national security strategy that committed the United States to lead on pressing world issues but reflected his cautious…

The UN Security Council plans to adopt a resolution next week aimed at halting funding to Islamic State militants from oil, antique trafficking and ransoms, a diplomat said Friday.

A draft…

Japanese Prime minister Shinzo Abe said during the national gathering Saturday he would seek a swift resolution of a territorial argument with Russia over the return of …

Boko Haram launched its first major attack in Niger on Friday, triggering a forceful response from regional troops who claimed to have killed more than a hundred of the group’s militants.

The leaders of France and Germany flew out of Moscow after five hours of talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday, with little to announce to end fighting in Ukraine beyond a promise…

A series of bombings in the Iraqi capital Saturday killed more than three dozen people hours before the city’s decade-old curfew was set to come to an end.

The deadliest attack happened in…