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Turkey will shut down its military academies and put the armed forces under the command of the defense minister, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday in a move designed to bring the…

IS militants stormed two energy facilities in northern Iraq on Sunday, killing at least five workers and shutting down a major oil pumping station, security and oil sources said.

US Republican presidential candidate, Donald Trump, has responded to criticism from the father of a Muslim US soldier killed in Iraq.

In an impassioned speech at last week’s Democratic…

Russia’s intelligence service has said it has uncovered a planned cyber-spying operation targeting key institutions.

The report comes just days after Russia was accused of hacking US…

Japanese voters are electing a new governor of Tokyo after financial scandals forced the previous two incumbents to step down. In all, 21 contenders are vying to lead the sprawling capital and a…

Police arrested two men suspected of planning an attack in Belgium after house searches on Friday evening, federal prosecutors said on Saturday.

The two, named as 33-year-old Nourredine H.…

Turkey's Army killed 35 Kurdish militants after they attempted to storm a base in the southeastern Hakkari Province early on Saturday, military officials said.

The overnight attack came…

Riot police in the Armenian capital, Yerevan, have clashed with supporters of an armed group barricaded with hostages inside a police station.

Dozens of protesters were hurt. Three gunmen…

Houthi fighters and political allies of ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh have signed a deal to  set up a power-sharing council to govern war-shattered Yemen.

But the United Nations says…

The UN Security Council has authorized a 228-member police force for Burundi despite concerns from some council members.

China and three other nations protested, saying Burundi did not want…

US Democrats have confirmed a new cyberattack on their networks, with hackers targeting a data analytics service used by the Clinton team.

The attack comes after two data breaches earlier…

Former president of Brazil, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, is to go on trial for obstruction of justice in a case related to the scandal at state oil firm Petrobras, court documents show. The…

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan condemned western countries on Friday for failing to show solidarity with Turkey over the recent failed coup, saying those who worried over the fate of coup…

Police have searched the home of a man accused of carrying out Japan's worst mass killing in decades, at a care home for people with mental disabilities.

One of the men suspected of killing a priest at a church in northern France was being monitored by police and was wearing a surveillance tag at the time of the attack, officials say.

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Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro's socialist government sought on Tuesday to scupper a push by the opposition to oust him this year via a referendum, while his opponents called for protests.

A large truck bomb blast claimed by the self-styled Islamic State terrorist group killed nearly 50 people and wounded scores more in the northeastern Syrian city of Qamishli near the Turkish…

Israel has stepped up its demolition of Palestinian homes this year, with the IDF destroying 11 more houses on the outskirts of Beit-ul-Moqaddas on Tuesday.

The total number of bulldozed…

A large center linked to the self-styled Islamic State terrorist group has been captured by Afghan commando forces during an operation in the Kot district of eastern Nangarhar province.

The…

A patient shot a doctor in a university clinic in Berlin on Tuesday before killing himself, but there were “no signs at all” of a link with militancy, police in the German capital said.

In a symbolic show of party unity, Clinton’s former rival, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, told the convention chairwoman that the former first lady should be selected as the party’s nominee by…

Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim expressed disappointment on Tuesday at the lack of support from the administration of US President Barack Obama regarding Turkey’s request to extradite …

At least eight people were killed and 23 others injured on Tuesday in multiple bomb attacks across Baghdad, authorities said.

US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Tuesday he supported the resumption of talks between China and the Philippines over the South China Sea, following an international court ruling against…

After South Sudan’s president replaced his vice president and rival, the UN has warned that political appointments should be consistent with last year’s peace deal.

Intense fighting has…