Syria

Syria's Assad shown hugging troops in embattled Damascus district

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad visited a district on the outskirts of Damascus and thanked soldier...

Jan 02, 2015 12:51 AM EST

Despite billions in aid, U.S. unable to get Pakistan to confront militants

Since 2001 the United States has tried virtually every strategy available to persuade Pakistan's arm...

Dec 18, 2014 10:04 PM EST

Israel calls Palestinian U.N. draft a gimmick

Israel's foreign minister on Thursday described as a gimmick a Palestinian-proposed U.N. Security Co...

Dec 18, 2014 05:29 AM EST

Canada PM says Parliament attacker may not have been lone wolf

The man who killed a Canadian soldier and then stormed the Parliament in October may not have been a...

Dec 18, 2014 12:53 AM EST

Bulgaria detains foreign suspects bound for Syria conflict

Bulgaria has detained three foreigners, wanted in Spain on terrorism charges, who had been on their ...

Dec 17, 2014 04:10 AM EST

Journalist murders in Syria a shocking new trend: press freedom report

The beheading of journalists by Islamist militants in Syria this year showed that reporters face a d...

Dec 16, 2014 07:02 AM EST

India bans Islamic State, hunts for sympathizers

India on Tuesday declared a ban on Islamic State, days after having detained an engineer for running...

Dec 16, 2014 06:50 AM EST

Obama vows no safe haven for Islamic State

President Barack Obama used a holiday season visit to a U.S. military base on Monday to issue a toug...

Dec 15, 2014 06:02 PM EST

Police storm Sydney cafe to end hostage siege, three dead

Heavily armed Australian police stormed a Sydney cafe early on Tuesday morning and freed a number of...

Dec 15, 2014 05:47 PM EST

Hostages held in Sydney cafe, forced to hold Islamic flag in window

Dozens of hostages were trapped inside a central Sydney cafe on Monday, with local television showin...

Dec 14, 2014 09:23 PM EST

Islamic State beheads four men for blasphemy in Syria: monitor

Islamic State's self-declared police force in western Syria decapitated four men after accusing them...

Dec 13, 2014 06:20 AM EST

U.S. Congress readies new sanctions on Russia

U.S. lawmakers were expected on Friday to approve new sanctions on Russian weapons companies and inv...

Dec 13, 2014 02:01 AM EST

Jihadist cases stretch German justice to the limit: prosecutor

Germany's justice system is struggling to cope with waves of suspected jihadists returning from Syri...

Dec 12, 2014 02:20 AM EST

Malala, Satyarthi receive their Nobel Prizes for child campaigns

Pakistani teenager Malala Yousafzai, shot by the Taliban for refusing to quit school, and Indian act...

Dec 10, 2014 06:52 PM EST

UAE court convicts 11 for helping al Qaeda affiliate: papers

A United Arab Emirates (UAE) court convicted 11 men including UAE, Syrian and Comoros nationals of h...

Dec 10, 2014 03:33 AM EST

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