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A black man shot by police in an incident that sparked large protests in Minneapolis, Minnesota, has died. Jamar Clark, 24, had been on life support in hospital since the shooting on Sunday…

A pair of new mobile apps hopes to help Palestinians navigate their way around snarled traffic at Israeli checkpoints in the West Bank, offering a high-tech response to constant, burdensome and…

US President Barack Obama has said China must stop reclaiming land in the disputed South China Sea. His comments come during a visit to the Philippines for the Asia-Pacific summit.

Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi has pledged to pay “special attention” to ties with China when her party takes office after its election triumph, and said foreign investments would need public support…

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will not visit North Korea next week, a UN spokesman said in a statement on Wednesday after China’s Xinhua news agency reported that he will visit the…

More than 30 people have been killed in a suicide attack at a market in the northern Nigerian city of Yola, officials say.

The blast, heard across the city, struck a busy vegetable market…

“A breeding ground for violence,” the mayor of Molenbeek called her borough on Sunday, speaking of unemployment and overcrowding among Arab immigrant families, of youthful despair finding refuge…

Australia’s first party representing Muslims intends to contest senate seats at the next federal election. Launching the party in Sydney, founder Diaa Mohamed said he wanted a louder…

Protests are ongoing in Minneapolis over the police shooting of a black man on Sunday morning who witnesses say was unarmed and handcuffed at the time. Jamar Clark, 24, was shot after police were…

Amid heavy fighting near the city of Taiz in southwestern Yemen, 45 fighters on both sides were killed on Monday, medical sources said.

The world’s 20 most important countries intend to work together to curb the so-called Islamic State’s terrorism not just by direct attacks, but also by using financial means.

It wasn’t just one of the attackers who vanished after the Paris massacre. Three nations whose history and action–and inaction–help to explain the slaughter by ISIS (also known as Islamic State or…

The Liberal government in Canada has abandoned a legal challenge that sought to require women to remove their niqabs or face coverings during citizenship ceremonies.

The Conservative…

Asia-Pacific leaders are voicing outrage over the attacks in Paris, as security and geopolitical concerns overshadowed talks on trade and the economy at an annual regional summit being held under…

Several suspects have been apprehended following a string of deadly attacks in the Lebanese capital. Allegedly, their original plan had been to target a hospital instead of a crowded neighborhood…

When French President Francois Hollande said Friday’s attacks on Paris were an “act of war”, he was following a script set by George W. Bush in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks.

After a rare diplomatic overture by Pyongyang, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is due to visit North Korea this week. A previous visit planned earlier this year was cancelled at the last minute…

After the shock of the terrorist attacks in Paris, there has been some movement on the diplomatic front as both Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Barack Obama met to discuss how to…

German Chancellor Angela Merkel pushed back against critics of her open-door policy on refugees, saying those fleeing war zones should not have to bear the blame for the terrorist attacks in…

France launched “massive” airstrikes on the so-called Islamic State militant group’s de-facto capital in Syria Sunday night, destroying a training camp and a munitions dump in the city of Raqqa,…

More than 2,000 rescuers are searching for survivors of a landslide in eastern China that has killed at least 25 people. The landslide that occurred Friday night in Lidong Village, Zhejiang…

Israeli troops shot dead at least two Palestinians during a gun battle in the occupied West Bank on Monday, Palestinian medical sources said, amid a weeks-old wave of violence.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday said the world would only be able to confront the threat of global terror if it united its efforts against the threat.

US Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton played defense over her 2003 vote backing the US invasion of Iraq and inched away from President Barack Obama on Syria and the rise of…

A US airstrike has targeted the leader of the Islamic State militant group in Libya and probably killed him, the Pentagon says.

Iraqi national Abu Nabil, also known as Wissam Najm Abd Zayd…