Kabul--Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Thursday announced his nominee for the country's defence minister post in a bid to complete his cabinet after...
Kabul--Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Thursday announced his nominee for the country's defence minister post in a bid to complete his cabinet after...
Baghdad--They were always seen as the key to defeating the jihadists in their bastions but the fall of Ramadi has deepened the distrust...
Bujumba, Uganda--Dozens of Burundian protesters reached the centre of the capital Bujumbura Thursday but police fired tear gas to force them out of...
Bujumbura, Burundi--Burundi's defence minister called on the army Thursday to close ranks after a failed coup as the security forces battle to stem...
London--Ten suspected illegal immigrants have been found hiding in the trunks of luxury Maserati sports cars, British police said on Thursday. The stowaways...
Moscow--Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Thursday met his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev at the start of a Moscow visit aimed at boosting...
Banda Aceh, Indonesia--Three gunmen were killed in violent clashes with Indonesian security forces in Aceh, police said Thursday, jolting the westernmost province as...
Mexico City--A town police chief in Mexico is allegedly linked to the recent murder of a candidate for mayor in the state of...
Kiev--Kiev lawmakers on Thursday annulled five crucial security agreements with Moscow that allowed Russia to transport troops to a separatist region of Moldova...
Athens--Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis was forced to say he respected the confidentiality of debt talks with his European counterparts after a news...
Riga--German Chancellor Angela Merkel cautioned the EU's eastern partners Thursday not to expect too much of the bloc while warning Russia to mend...
Damascus--The Syrian regime has since March suffered a series of military defeats. They follow more than a year of successive victories against rebels...
Benghazi, Libya--Ten soldiers and a militiaman were killed in fresh violence in conflict-strewn Libya, security and medical sources said Thursday. They said 10...
Sittwe, Myanmar--Malaysia ordered search and rescue missions Thursday for thousands of boatpeople stranded at sea, as Myanmar held talks with US and Southeast...
Tokyo--Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced Thursday a $110 billion investment plan for infrastructure projects in Asia in an apparent counter to China's...
New Delhi--Greenpeace India vowed Thursday to overcome any attempt to silence its voice, with staff ready to work for free if funds run...
Rome--Italy's interior minister said Thursday that the arrest of a Moroccan illegal immigrant wanted for the Tunis museum attack had been a police...
DAMASCUS, Syria--The fall to Islamic State group jihadists of the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra on Thursday has raised fears for the fate...
