The number of people known to have died when a hillside collapsed in western Japan has hit 27, the government…
Police lowered their profile to allow a more peaceful night of protests in this St Louis suburb 10 days after…
Saudi Arabia's Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdulaziz Al al-Sheikh yesterday termed extremist militant groups as "the first enemy of Islam" and…
Iraqi government troops and allied militiamen launched a major operation on Tuesday to retake the city of Tikrit from Sunni…
Some 700 Taliban fighters armed with heavy machine guns are battling Afghan security forces in Logar province, just outside the…
A number of asylum-seeker children held in Australian mainland detention centres are to be released, officials said Tuesday, although hundreds…
Police fired tear gas Monday in another night of unrest in a Missouri town where a caucasian police officer shot…
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will not leave the Ecuador embassy in London until it is guaranteed he will avoid extradition…
Israeli and Palestinian negotiators agreed on Monday to extend a temporary ceasefire in Gaza by 24 hours to conduct more…
