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Sunni militants advanced in western Iraq and killed 21 people after security forces left several towns, while Americas ...

Militants killed 21 leaders in the western Iraq towns of Rawa and Ana during two days of violence, officers and ...

Australia on Friday said it has sent a small detachment of soldiers to protect its embassy in Baghdad in the face of ...

EU-brokered gas talks between Moscow and Kiev broke up on Monday without an agreement and Russia will halt its ...

The United States condemned an attack on Russias embassy in Kiev on Saturday and called on Ukraine to provide adequate ...

Pakistani fighter jets launched airstrikes early Sunday against militant hideouts in the country's troubled northwest, ...

Some of the worlds most feared Islamist fighters are quietly slipping away from a Pakistani tribal region ahead of a ...

There were no Indonesian victims in the terrorist attack at the Jinnah international airport in Karachi, Sindh, on ...

Jordan on Monday summoned Australias charge daffaires John Feakes after Canberra said it would no longer refer to ...

US President Barack Obama said Friday that Russia must recognize Ukraines newly elected leader as legitimate if it ...

The Palestinians said Thursday they would appeal to the United Nations after Israel announced plans for 1,500 new ...

Thailands junta said Friday that it had captured a fugitive anti-coup leader facing possible imprisonment, as the ...

China has sentenced nine people to death on terrorism-related charges in its ethnically divided western region of ...

Suspected Boko Haram gunmen stormed a Christian village in northeastern Nigeria, killing 20 residents, a government ...

Narendra Modi will be sworn in as Indias prime minister Monday, with the pro-business leader already signalling bold ...