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IS militants can`t be defeated by air strikes: Iran FM

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif hit out against the Islamic State group Wednesday as a "dangerous ...

Iran rejected US request for cooperation against IS: Khamenei

Iran rejected a US request for cooperation against the jihadist Islamic State group early in its advance in Iraq and ...

MH17 crash site still unsafe for investigators: Dutch

The site in eastern Ukraine where flight MH17 crashed two months ago is still too unsafe for investigators to resume ...

Half South Asia`s girls marry before 18: UN

Nearly half of all girls in South Asia marry before they turn 18, according to a United Nations report that lays bare ...

White House to hold summit on violent extremism

The White House will hold a summit on preventing violent extremism, the US Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson ...

Australia rejects UN criticism of "human rights violations"

Australia Tuesday rejected United Nations criticism that its treatment of asylum-seekers was "leading to a chain of ...

EU considers travel ban on Russian defense minister

The European Union (EU) may impose a travel ban on Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu as part of a new package of ...

UN Council urges israel, palestinians to resume talks - (d)

The UN Security Council on Wednesday (August 20) urged Israel and the Palestinians to return to the negotiating table ...

Guatemala army chief of staff dies in helicopter crash

Guatemalan army chief of staff Rudy Ortiz and four other military officers died Wednesday (August 20) when their ...

Russia shuts four Moscow McDonald`s amid tensions with West

Russian authorities ordered Wednesday (August 20) the temporary closure of four McDonalds restaurants in Moscow due to ...

NATO soldier dies in Kabul stabbing: Officials

A NATO soldier was stabbed to death on the streets of Kabul on Wednesday (August 20), officials said, in an unusual ...

Kerry presses Asia on democracy, human rights

US Secretary of State John Kerry Wednesday urged China and other Asian countries to bolster democracy and human rights ...

Pentagon says US general killed in Kabul attack

A US general was killed in an attack in Afghanistan on Tuesday (July 5), becoming the highest-ranking American ...

UNHCR: at least 285,000 flee Ukraine crisis

At least 285,000 people have fled their homes because of the conflict in eastern Ukraine, the United Nations said ...

British Muslim minister quits over Gaza policy

A British minister who was the first Muslim to sit in the cabinet resigned on Tuesday over the governments "morally ...