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Protesters burned a man alive in Burundi’s capital on Thursday, saying he was a member of the ruling party’s youth wing which had attacked them during their rallies against the president’s bid for…

A US airstrike in Yemen reportedly killed Nasser al-Ansi, a top militant of al-Qaeda in the Arab Peninsula. Ansi was reportedly killed in April in the port city of Mukalla. In one video, Ansi had…

Libya’s coast guard detained on Wednesday almost 600 illegal African migrants, among them women and 18 children, who had tried to sail to Europe on a fishing boat, a security official said.

Information suggests that energy released by the quake unleashed 700 times the power of the atomic bomb dropped by the United States on Hiroshima, Japan, said Efthimios Lekkas, Professor of…

US Secretary of State John Kerry said he hopes to secure a pause in Yemen’s war as he prepared for talks in Saudi Arabia Wednesday, citing increased shortages of food, fuel and medicine that are…

It is tempting but difficult to identify a single dynamic at the level of state and society that explains the many different conflicts across the Arab world. We sure do not lack candidates for the…

Vienna lodged a legal complaint over allegations Germany’s intelligence services helped the Americans spy on European officials and firms. Chancellor Angela Merkel has defended Germany’s BND…

Hezbollah’s leader said on Tuesday his Lebanon-based group will launch an attack inside Syria against al Qaeda-linked militants in the mountain region along the countries’ border.…

France’s defense minister and his Indian counterpart pledged Wednesday to quickly wrap up negotiations over the purchase of 36 Rafale fighter jets, agreeing to set up teams to nail down the deal…

Twenty-two aid agencies working in Yemen warned that their help could end unless land, sea and air routes are opened to allow for the import of fuel into the country, where an Arab coalition has…

A Norwegian humanitarian group said a record 38 million people have been internally displaced in their countries worldwide, with 2.2 million Iraqis alone forced to flee from their homes in 2014…

Four Afghan men were sentenced to death over the mob killing of a woman in Kabul in March. The 28-year-old Farkhunda was beaten to death after being accused of burning a copy of the Quran,…

The US authorized commercial ferry services to Cuba for the first time in more than a half-century on Tuesday, another major step in improving relations between the two countries. The ferries will…

Two United Nations peacekeepers from Tanzania were killed on Tuesday in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) after their patrol was ambushed in an area where government forces are fighting…

Europe aims to improve security and defense cooperation with China, especially in the Middle East and in the fight against human trafficking, the European Union’s foreign policy chief said on…

After being rejected by France’s far-right National Front, party founder Jean-Marie Le Pen on Tuesday hit back at its current leader, his daughter, saying it would be “scandalous” if she were to…

Thousands of soldiers from 18 countries took part Tuesday in military drills in Jordan jointly overseen by the US army, officials said.

Around 10,000 troops are participating in Jordan's…

After a sterile campaign that has turned many people off, Britons take to the polls on Thursday in a too close to call general election that could trigger an unprecedented bout of political…

US President Barack Obama on Monday acknowledged a lack of opportunity in minority communities and harsher treatment of black and Hispanic men by police for fueling a sense of “unfairness and…

With crews digging through collapsed buildings and the remnants of landslides, the government said a total of more than 7,500 people had died as a result of the April 25 quake with another 14,500…

Italian lawmakers passed a hotly debated electoral law designed to bring stability to a country that has had 63 governments since World War II.

Italy’s parliament on Monday gave final…

US federal agents for years monitored one of the two gunmen who were shot dead after opening fire with assault rifles at a heavily guarded Texas exhibit of cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad.

The United Nations condemned the Saudi-led coalition's airstrikes on Yemen's Sanaa airport on Monday, urging the Arab alliance to stop bombings and "preserve this important lifeline."

New rules to provide help for France’s intelligence services trying to prevent attacks are expected to be approved by parliament.

The law on intelligence-gathering comes nearly four months…

A powerful 7.5-magnitude earthquake rattled the South Pacific island nation of Papua New Guinea on Tuesday, generating a small tsunami near the epicenter, bringing down power…