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Israeli troops killed two Palestinians on Sunday, Palestinian medics and a militant group said, as Israel pressed on with its…

An al Qaeda splinter group thrust east from a newly-captured Iraqi-Syrian border post on Sunday, taking three towns in the…

South Korean troops were engaged in a shootout on Sunday with a conscript soldier who had killed five comrades in…

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

Pro-Russian separatists attacked Ukrainian posts on the border with Russia and a military base, and tried to storm an airforce…

The United States on Thursday cut aid to Uganda, imposed visa restrictions and canceled a regional military exercise in response…

Iraqi forces were massing north of Baghdad on Friday, aiming to strike back at Sunni Islamists whose drive toward the…

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…

Iran's president vowed on Wednesday to defend Shi'ite holy sites in Iraq, where Sunni militants battled their way into the…