At least 32 people were killed on Tuesday in an Islamic State group attack near a refugee camp on the Syrian side of the border with Iraq, a monitor said. "At least five suicide attackers blew...
A rare albino orangutan has been rescued on the Indonesian part of Borneo island where villagers were keeping the white-haired, blue-eyed creature in a cage, a protection group said Tuesday. In an...
After dropping a monster bomb on its fighters, then targeting its leader, the US military is looking to destroy the Islamic State group's Afghan branch before battle-hardened reinforcements arrive...
Arab League chief Ahmed Abul Gheit warned Monday that Iran and Israel were the main beneficiaries of turmoil across the Arab world, which he described as the worst he has ever seen. "I have never...
Pakistani troops killed two Indian soldiers in disputed Kashmir on Monday and mutilated their bodies, India's army said, calling it a "despicable act". In a statement, the army said Pakistan's border...
Israelis stood silent for two minutes while sirens wailed across the country on Monday marking an annual day of remembrance for fallen troops and slain civilians. Speaking at a ceremony at Mount...
Passengers on an Aeroflot flight from Moscow to Thailand were slammed into the ceiling after their aircraft hit a patch of severe turbulence injuring 27 people, some of them suffering fractured...
South Korea and the United States wrapped up their annual large-scale military drills on Sunday but continued a separate joint naval exercise that has triggered the threat of nuclear war from North...
After President Trump set off a furor over who should pay for a U. S. missile defense system that's being installed in South Korea, his national security chief said Washington will pick up the check....
Thailand's junta chief has accepted an invitation to visit the White House from President Donald Trump, his spokesman said Monday, the latest autocrat to be embraced by the US leader. The offer came...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Sunday his government is 'seriously saddened' by television footage showing US military forces operating alongside Syrian Kurdish fighters that Ankara...
Sri Lanka's coastguard have detained an Indian boat which illegally entered the island's territorial waters and rescued 30 Rohingya refugees including 16 children who were on board, an official said....
hirty-six members of the Yazidi religious minority are free after nearly three years in the hands of so-called Islamic State (IS), the UN says. They have been taken to UN centres in Dohuk in Kurdish...
Sri Lanka's coastguard Sunday detained an Indian boat which had illegally entered the island's territorial waters and rescued 30 Rohingya refugees including 16 children who were on board, an official...
The Dubai government on Sunday announced the launch of "Dubai Font", the first typeface developed by Microsoft for a city, which will be available in 23 languages. The font was developed...
Rio Olympic gold medallist Chen Long beat his Chinese team-mate Lin Dan in the men´s singles final on Sunday to win his first Badminton Asia Championship and boost his claims for a berth at the...
The founder and chairman of the Persian-language Gem TV company has been killed in Istanbul. Saeed Karimian was shot dead in the Maslak neighbourhood, along with his Kuwaiti business partner. The...
Japanese raider Neorealism held off a late challenge from the fast-finishing Pakistan Star to win Sunday´s Audemars Piguet QE II Cup at Hong Kong´s Shatin racecourse. Neorealism, perfectly ridden...
Indonesia's President Joko Widodo was greeted by a mixture of celebration and protest in Hong Kong Sunday with calls to improve working conditions for the city's army of foreign maids. There are...
US President Donald Trump on Saturday invited his Philippine counterpart Rodrigo Duterte to Washington in a "friendly" call in which the leaders discussed the "threat" of North Korea, the White House...
