Though the government and Taliban negotiating committees claim that the “fruits” of the much-hyped peace talks, aimed at cutting a…
Libya's General National Congress has passed a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Ali Zeidan and designated the defence minister as…
Amid repeated promises to provide equal rights for Iranian Sunni Muslims, members of the religious minority have been raising concerns…
NATO has said it will start reconnaissance flights over Poland and Romania to monitor the situation in neighbouring Ukraine where…
A group of Greek Orthodox nuns held for three months by rebels in Syria after being taken from their convent…
Jurors in the New York trial of alleged al-Qaeda operative Suleiman Abu Ghaith have watched videos of the defendant warning…
A bomber driving a minibus packed with explosives killed at least 45 people and wounded 157 on Sunday in the…
The powerful Afghan vice president died of natural causes on Sunday, a government spokesman said, only weeks before Afghanistan goes…
Starvation tactics against civilians are being used as a weapon of war by the Syrian government, Amnesty International says. (more…)
Russia has made a "big miscalculation" in entering Crimea, UK Foreign Secretary William Hague has warned. (more…)