WASHINGTON: The head of the CIA said on Thursday a U.S.-Canadian couple kidnapped by Islamist militants in Afghanistan were held inside neighboring Pakistan...
WASHINGTON: The head of the CIA said on Thursday a U.S.-Canadian couple kidnapped by Islamist militants in Afghanistan were held inside neighboring Pakistan...
Jerusalem: Israel responded with tank fire into Syria on Thursday after a Syrian mortar shell landed in the Israeli-occupied part of the Golan...
Madrid: Separatists in Catalonia want to declare independence, Spain's central government wants to stop them at all costs. So what happens next? Will...
Madrid: Spain said Thursday it will start seizing some of the Catalan regional government's powers after its leader warned he could declare independence,...
Jerusalem: A top aide to US President Donald Trump said Thursday that an emerging Palestinian unity government must recognise Israel and disarm Hamas,...
Arbil, Iraq: The Iraqi Kurdish regional government said Thursday it was open to talks with Baghdad after central government forces seized a swathe...
Gaza City, Palestinian Territories: Hamas's leader in the Gaza Strip said Thursday "no one" can force it to disarm or recognise Israel, after...
Kampala: Two people have died from the Marburg virus in eastern Uganda, in the country's first outbreak of the deadly Ebola-like pathogen in...
Kano, Nigeria: At least three soldiers were killed when Boko Haram fighters ambushed a military convoy in northeast Nigeria, security and civilian sources...
Islamabad: A Pakistani court indicted ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif on corruption charges spiralling from the Panama Papers leak, a senior government official...
PARIS: France criticised Russia on Thursday for calling into question an international inquiry into who is to blame for chemical weapons attacks in...
Kirkuk, Iraq: With the return of Kirkuk to Iraqi control, the balance of power appears to have shifted between the ethnic communities in...
Raqa, Syria: US-backed forces who captured Raqa from the Islamic State group prepared Thursday to hand the Syrian city over to a civilian...
Kabul: Since they launched their spring offensive in late April, the Taliban have been mounting lethal direct assaults on Afghan army and police...
Madrid: As Catalonia's independence crisis deepens, here are the key events that have rocked the region since this month's referendum on splitting from...
Kuala Lumpur: Malaysia is negotiating with a US firm to resume the hunt for missing flight MH370, a minister said Thursday, in news...
KUWAIT CITY/ANKARA: Harsh criticisms publicly leveled at Israel by Kuwait’s parliament speaker at a high-profile meeting in St. Petersburg have drawn wide praise...
WASHINGTON: A young Barack Obama questioned his place in the world and his racial identity, agonized over whether he'd make enough money as...
