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A Sri Lankan Appeal Court on Friday dismissed former army chief Sarath Fonseka`s plea against his 30-month prison ...

Iraq took control of the last US military base in the country on Friday, a day after US forces formally marked the end ...

A flag-lowering ceremony marking the end of the US mission in Iraq was held on Thursday afternoon near Baghdad, nearly ...

A Saudi woman was beheaded Monday after being convicted of practising sorcery, which is banned in the ...

Australia will dramatically cut the number of soldiers it has serving in Afghanistan over the next year, bringing ...

Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki headed to Washington on Sunday, for the first time as leader of a country virtually ...

NATO and Russia began a fresh push on Thursday to resolve a deep rift over a European missile shield with the alliance ...

NATO allies will strive to convince Moscow this week that their European missile shield is not aimed at Russia after ...

Norway will withdraw most of its troops from Afghanistan in 2013, a year before the bulk of NATO`s forces, Norwegian ...

Three bombs tore through crowds of Shi`ite pilgrims celebrating a major ritual in Iraq`s Hilla city on Monday, killing ...

Sam Lau picks up his sword and waves it in a series of terrifying slashes as he runs towards a student, who retreats ...

Iran`s military on Sunday shot down a US Army RQ-170 unmanned aerial vehicle after it "briefly violated" Iranian ...

The Seychelles on Friday invited Beijing to set up a military base on the archipelago to beef up the fight against ...

Libya`s security forces will integrate 50,000 fighters who battled loyalists of late dictator Moamer Kadhafi, the ...

Foreign Affairs Minister Marty Natalegawa said the Bali Concord III is expected to serve as a guide for East Asian ...