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US President Barack Obama traveled to Orlando to grieve with and comfort the survivors and the families of victims of the deadly mass shooting, telling family members "our hearts are broken too…

Iraqi government forces have retaken the main government compound in the city of Fallujah from the self-styled Islamic State terrorists, a top commander said.

Lt Gen Abdul Wahhab al-Saadi…

Ukraine has reacted strongly to remarks by the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon that appeared to praise Russia in settling the conflict in eastern Ukraine. The Kiev envoy said Ban could not be a “…

Brazil’s interim president, Michel Temer, has lost the third Cabinet member of his month-old administration to a graft scandal. Tourism Minister Henrique Eduardo Alves resigned after being accused…

Dozens of US State Department officials have signed an internal memo protesting against US policy in Syria and calling for targeted military strikes against President Bashar al-Assad’s government…

Hope, like so many other things in the Middle East, was already in short supply. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is now doing a terribly fantastic job to ensure that whatever little is left of it is…

A British member of parliament was shot dead in the street on Thursday, causing deep shock across Britain and the suspension of campaigning for next week’s referendum on the country’s EU…

A court in India has sentenced 11 people to life in prison for their roles in a notorious massacre during the 2002 anti-Muslim riots in Gujarat. Of the 24 people convicted for the so-called…

The US Navy's Third Fleet will send more ships to East Asia to operate outside its normal theater alongside the Japan-based Seventh Fleet, a US official said on Tuesday, a move that comes at a…

Belgian police have received an anti-terror alert warning that a group of fighters belonging to the self-styled Islamic State terrorist group has recently left Syria en route for Europe to conduct…

Police in Oakland, California, say a 16-year-old girl has died after being shot in the city’s downtown area, where another three people were wounded. The number of people shot fluctuated…

The wife of the gunman who killed 49 people at a nightclub in Orlando could face charges in connection with the attack, according to reports.

Prosecutors have convened a grand jury to…

Hillary Clinton has finished the Democratic presidential primary season with a lead of 380 pledged delegates more than rival Bernie Sanders.

The race to win the party nomination is over;…

An official in the former government of President Cristina Fernandez was arrested on Tuesday as he allegedly tried to hide millions in dollars and other currencies at an Argentine monastery.

North Korea may be significantly expanding its nuclear weapons production and could have added six or more weapons to its stockpile in the last 18 months, a US research institute said on Tuesday…

French prosecutors have said the man who murdered a police commander and his wife at their home pledged allegiance to the self-styled Islamic State terrorist group, said Paris prosecutor Francis…

Brazil’s suspended President Rousseff has said if she survives an impeachment trial in the Senate she will offer a new political pact. This might include a referendum on early elections, but few…

Britain's "Leave" campaign opened up a seven-point lead over "Remain" ahead of a referendum on membership of the European Union, an opinion poll showed late Monday, while the nation's biggest-…

Migrant children making the perilous journey to Europe to escape war and poverty face possible beatings, rape and forced labor in addition to the risk of drowning in the Mediterranean, the United…

Russia will be disqualified from Euro 2016 if there is further crowd trouble at their remaining tournament matches.

The government of the Philippines has confirmed that Robert Hall is dead. The Canadian was captured along with several others by a militant organization almost a year ago. President Benigno Aquino…

A man who claimed allegiance to the self-styled Islamic State terrorist group stabbed a senior French police officer to death on Monday night before he was killed in a dramatic police operation,…

The UN envoy to Libya has called for an investigation into the murders of 12 men soon after their release from jail in the capital Tripoli last week.

They had been accused of taking part in…

Europeans view the militant group Islamic State as the biggest threat facing their countries, ahead of climate change, economic instability and refugees, a survey by the Pew Research Center showed…

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has announced that the military alliance will deploy battalions in the east.

Stoltenberg said NATO officials would formally approve the plan to send…