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Donald Trump proposed to block billions of dollars in payments immigrants send back to Mexico if the government there refuses to pay for a border wall, in a potentially devastating move for Mexico…

Clashes between Azerbaijani and Armenian forces have killed at least 13 people in a third day of fighting over Nagorno-Karabakh.

Turkey is backing Baku, as the worst violence in decades…

The US and China continue to be the top spenders, but Saudi Arabia pulled ahead of Russia in 2015. The research institute said falling oil prices and economic crises have created “contrasting…

Two planes collided at an airport in Indonesia’s capital Jakarta, resulting in a wing bursting into flames. A Batik Air passenger plane was taking off when its wing clipped the tail of a TransNusa…

The self-styled Islamic State terrorists attacked Syrian Army troops with mustard gas in an offensive against a Syrian military airport in the eastern province of Deir al-Zor that borders Iraq,…

Iceland’s prime minister has rebuffed calls to resign following allegations he hid million dollar investments overseas. The revelations are part of the “Panama Papers” leaks published by a…

Former New Zealand premier Helen Clark has ended months of speculation by announcing her candidacy to become the next UN secretary-general.

In an interview with BBC, she said she would like…

South Africa’s ruling ANC party reaffirmed its support for President Jacob Zuma following Monday crisis talks, hours ahead of an impeachment vote called after the country’s top court ruled he had…

Two Libyans held at the US military prison in Guantanamo have been flown to Senegal, the Pentagon said.

Salem Abdu Salam Ghereby and Omar Khalif Mohammed Abu Baker Mahjour Umar are the…

About 25 people were killed on Monday across Iraq, most of them in suicide attacks targeting military forces, security officials said. Islamic State, which controls territory in northern and…

Russia said on Monday that Turkey should stop its interference into the internal affairs of neighboring nations and support of terrorism. “In general, it is important for our Turkish neighbors…

Backed by Russian warplanes, Syrian forces have reportedly regained control of a strategic town near the historical city of Palmyra. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says fighting is still…

The biggest military defeat that Isis (another acronym of the self-styled Islamic State terrorist group) has suffered in more than two years: the recapture of Palmyra, the Roman city of the…

An improvised explosive device planted next to a police station south of the Saudi capital Riyadh killed one person, the Saudi Interior Ministry said in a statement carried on state news agency…

At least 53 people have been killed by flash floods caused by torrential rain in northwest Pakistan, say officials. The rain began on Saturday bringing flooding to parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa,…

A prominent leader in Syrian Al-Qaeda offshoot Nusra Front was killed on Sunday in what rebel sources said appeared to be a US drone strike in the rebel-held northwestern province of Idlib.

South Korea conducted a large-scale live fire exercise on Monday in the East Sea, where North Korea has conducted a series of missile and rocket launches supervised by leader Kim Jong-Un.

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The Nigerian Army has announced the arrest of Khalid al-Barnawi, leader of the Boko Haram offshoot Ansaru. The US government had offered a multimillion-dollar bounty for his capture.

Greece began returning migrants from the island of Lesbos to Turkey on Monday under a landmark European Union deal aimed at stopping the uncontrollable influx of migrants and refugees into Europe…

A Japanese submarine made a port call in the Philippines, the first in 15 years, on Sunday in a show of growing military cooperation amid tension triggered by China’s growing assertiveness in the…

Greek and EU authorities on Sunday fine-tuned an operation to expel to Turkey hundreds of migrants denied asylum in a landmark deal criticized by rights groups.

Officials declined to…

Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump predicted that the United States is on course for a “very massive recession,” warning that a combination of high unemployment and an overvalued…

The self-styled Islamic State militants retreating from Palmyra laid thousands of mines that they planned to set off simultaneously as the army moved in, a Syrian officer told Reuters in the…

Australia has said it will examine newly discovered debris to determine if it is part of the missing airplane. Recent discoveries have shed new light on the mysterious disappearance of MH370.

Lifelong South African rights activist and former Mandela advisor, Ahmed Kathrada has called for President Zuma to leave the government.

A court has ruled that Zuma misused public funds to…