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Dozens of Palestinian prisoners who had refused food for 62 days have suspended their hunger strike after reaching a deal…

More than 800 Taliban insurgents have launched a major offensive in southern Afghanistan to try to gain territory recently vacated…

Four makeshift bombs exploded within minutes of each other at three Cairo metro stations during morning rush hour on Wednesday,…

The strategic Shia-majority north Iraq town of Tal Afar and its airport were in the hands of Sunni Arab militants…

Australia Monday said it was "appalled" at the seven-year jail term given to Al Jazeera journalist Peter Greste by an…

A South Korean military conscript who killed five members of his unit was captured on Monday after shooting and wounding…

Supporters of Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah marched through Kabul Saturday to protest against alleged fraud in last week's election,…

Several hundred Muslim-owned businesses shut down in the Sri Lankan capital on Thursday to protest deadly riots by extremist Buddhists,…

Major Chinese oil firms have prepared evacuation plans in case spreading violence in Iraq -- a key energy provider to…

Israel gave approval Wednesday for the construction of 172 new homes for Jewish settlers in annexed east Jerusalem, a city…