International

Incumbent PM Aleksandr Zakharchenko won Sunday’s elections in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic in eastern Ukraine, taking some 75 percent of the votes. In Lugansk, 63 percent voted…

US tech giants such as Twitter, Facebook and Whatsapp have become the “command and control networks of choice” for the IS militant group, the new head of Britain’s GCHQ intelligence agency has…

Al Qaeda affiliate Jabhat al-Nusra has taken over key districts of Idlib suburbs in northwestern Syria, ousting US-backed militants from their strongholds and raising fears of their wider…

Argentina’s President Cristina Fernandez, who checked into a Buenos Aires hospital on Sunday, is in stable condition and is being treated for a bacterial infection of the colon. The 61-year-old,…

Boko Haram has denied claims by Nigeria’s government that it has agreed to a ceasefire and will release more than 200 abducted schoolgirls. The group’s leader, Abubakar Shekau, said the girls had…

Egypt signed $350 million worth of financing agreements with Saudi Arabia on Saturday aimed at upgrading its power grid and securing imports of petroleum products as it seeks to end its worst…

The State Duma speaker believes the US wants to stop mutual dialogue between Russia and Europe, but this will not happen as Russia will keep looking for every opportunity to mend ties with its…

An officer in Burkina Faso’s presidential guard seized power on Saturday promising to lead the West African country to elections after the resignation of longtime President Blaise Compaore, in an…

Houthi rebels set an ultimatum on Friday for Yemeni President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi to form a government in 10 days or face “other options”, raising the tension in a political standoff that has…

A planned tax on using the internet that sparked public outrage and mass demonstrations in Hungary is to be suspended and the matter reconsidered next year, the country’s Prime Minister Viktor…

A passenger spaceship being developed by Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic company crashed during a test flight on Friday near the Mojave Air and Space Port in California, killing one pilot and…

The Spanish government said it is concerned that terrorists could use the Ebola virus as a biological weapon against the West. A close eye is being kept on online chat rooms, where such attacks…

Seven Egyptian soldiers were wounded Friday in an explosion near El-Arish, a week after a deadly attack in the same area of the Sinai peninsula killed 30 soldiers. The explosive device had been…

China completed its first return mission to the moon early Saturday with the successful re-entry and landing of an unmanned probe, in the latest step forward for Beijing’s ambitious space program…

Burkina Faso's President Blaise Compaore says he will stay in power for a year under a transitional government, following a day of violent protests demanding his resignation.

Costa Rica has issued an emergency alert after ash from an erupting volcano reached the capital and beyond.

Turrialba volcano, some 50km (30 miles) east of San Jose, began rumbling and…

Israeli forces on Thursday shot dead a 32-year-old Palestinian man, leading to fierce clashes in East Beit ul-Muqaddas (Jerusalem).

Consequently, Israel shut down the Al-Aqsa compound for…

A first group of Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga fighters entered the besieged Syrian town of Kobane on Thursday to help push back IS militants.

A group of 150 Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga fighters arrived in Turkey on Wednesday, from where they plan to cross into Syria to battle IS militants besieging the town of Kobane.

One contingent…

The United States is to boost security at government buildings following threats from Islamist groups.

The “precise actions” and “precise locations” were not specified in the statement by…

Police fired teargas Tuesday at demonstrators in Ouagadougou protesting against President Blaise Compaore’s plans to extend his 27-year rule by seeking re-election next year, with activists saying…

France’s Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian announced on Tuesday that the country would make a decision in November over whether or not to proceed with its controversial sale of two Mistral-class…

French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve, a close political ally of President Francois Hollande, dismissed on Wednesday calls for his resignation after the death of a young ecology protester…

An unmanned NASA-contracted rocket exploded in midair early Tuesday evening, producing huge flames and loud booms along the eastern Virginia coast but no injuries or deaths, the CNN reported.

IS militants in Syria killed at least 30 pro-government fighters in an assault on a gas field that has witnessed some of the bloodiest confrontations between the two sides, a monitoring…