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Four bombs struck near Baghdad's heavily-fortified "Green Zone" and a busy square in the center of the capital on Wednesday,…

Sri Lanka's army led an orgy of indiscriminate killing at the climax of the island's civil war, and has since…

Syrian army helicopters carried out new raids over the northern city of Aleppo on Tuesday, dropping explosive-packed barrel bombs as…

Negotiators representing the Pakistani government and Taliban insurgents are to meet for preliminary peace talks later Tuesday following a spate…

 German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier has said sanctions should be used as a threat against Ukraine's government unless it finds…

North Korea on Tuesday denounced Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe as an "Asian Hitler" intent on amassing military power under…

A boat packed with labourers and their children caught fire and capsized in a river in northeastern Bangladesh leaving at…

Al Qaeda's general command said on Monday it had no links with the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant…

A jihadist group behind a wave of spectacular attacks poses a serious threat to Egypt's stability as political turmoil triggered…

An agreement on Iran's nuclear program is possible within six months if there is good will, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad…