The Iraqi security forces have begun operations to take over military bases and oil wells from Peshmerga of the oil-rich Kurdish city, asserted the Iraqi Kurdish Regional Government (IKBY) Security Agency.
The news agency Anadolu reported that a statement on...
Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has formally demanded the Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont to clarify whether independence has been declared or not, following the local leader's speech on the October 1 referendum results.
The clarification was needed so that the...
The U.S. military flew two Air Force B-1B Lancer bombers over the Korean peninsula in a show of force late on Tuesday.
The two B-1B bombers were accompanied by two F-15K fighters from Guam, the Independent quoted South Korea's Joint...
The Las Vegas Police (LVMPD) has confirmed that at least 50 persons were killed and 200 were injured in a shooting incident at a country music festival opposite the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Resort on the Las Vegas Strip.
The...
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the United States have said they will not abandon Afghanistan.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg joined Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and US Defense Secretary James Mattis at the news conference after holding closed...
Afghanistan's Chief Executive Dr. Abdullah Abdullah met Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Thursday to build upon multifaceted bilateral cooperation.
Dr. Abdullah arrived in New Delhi on Thursday to hold talks with the Indian leadership and to inaugurate the...
Hours before the Kurds got ready to carry out a controversial referendum, Iraq's central government in Baghdad ordered the country's Kurdish region to hand over all border crossings and airports to federal government control late Sunday night, according to...
A Russian Lieutenant-General was killed in a shelling launched by the Islamic State (ISIS) terrorists near the city of Deir al-Zour in north eastern Syria, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Sunday.
"As a result of a sudden mortar shelling...
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has secured her fourth term by winning the general elections, according to the exit polls.
The 63-year-old German leader scored around 33.5 percent of the vote with her conservative Christian Union (CDU/CSU) bloc, according to CNN.
This...
Israeli jets have reportedly fired missiles at a weapons depot near the international airport in Damascus, in the third such attack by the Israeli military on targets associated with the Lebanese group Hezbollah, on Friday
At least two missiles were...
