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 Japan was working closely with Jordan on Friday to find out what was happening to a Japanese journalist held by Islamic…

The United Nations has expressed concern over the recent standoff between Israel and Lebanese militia Hezbollah after a missile strike…

A hostage who died during a siege in a downtown Sydney cafe was killed when she was struck by fragments…

 A power struggle between two rival governments that threatens to tear Libya apart has started to take its toll on…

An audio message purportedly from Japanese hostage Kenji Goto said a Jordanian air force pilot held by Islamic State militants…

The Brussels-based section of Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) will pull out of war-torn parts of Sudan due to a lack…

A Saudi Air Force sergeant convicted in the rape of a 13-year-old boy at a Las Vegas casino hotel was…

Leftist Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras threw down an open challenge to international creditors on Wednesday by halting privatisation plans…

Five leading members of the German "anti-Islamisation" movement PEGIDA have quit a week after the group's founder resigned in disgrace…

Bahraini Shiite opposition chief Sheikh Ali Salman, in custody for allegedly trying to overthrow the kingdom's Sunni regime, rejected the…