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...
At least 50 people were killed, including some Iranian pilgrims, and over 80 more got injured, when the Islamic State jihadists carried out twin attacks in the southern Iraqi city of Nasiriyah.
One ISIS attacker detonated his explosive vest inside...
The United States may ask China to put pressure on Pakistan to act against Afghan Taliban and other terror groups having sanctuaries inside Islamabad.
The U.S. may carry out strikes in Pakistan as part of its new regional strategy for...
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has today said the Indian government accorded priority to national security and asserted that India was capable of defending itself in all spheres.
Mr. Modi's comments in his speech on Indian Independence Day came in the...
The soldiers, on a counter-terrorism patrol, were attacked at about 8am Paris time (4pm AEST) in the wealthy Parisian suburb of Levallois-Perret, north of the city centre and the Arc de Triomphe.
French counter-terror prosecutors have opened an investigation into...
Senior Col Li Li of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) may be thousands of kilometers away from Doklam but has a stern message for the Indian Army -- withdraw from the Chinese territory to avoid confrontation.
A visit by Indian...
Upset over China stalling the move to list JeM's Masood Azhar a global terrorist by the UN, India today hoped that countries sharing its concerns over international terrorism would cooperate in fighting all forms of terror.
Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Azhar had...
