A team of international investigators funded by the British government is compiling evidence against Islamic State fighters carrying out atrocities in Iraq and Syria, the BBC has learned.... Read more

President Barack Obama came out strong Wednesday to express the determination of his administration to defeat the jihadists seeking to run a caliphate in Iraq. He promised that Just must be... Read more

France has suspended the delivery to Russia of the first of two Mistral helicopter carrier ships, due to events in eastern Ukraine. “The president of the Republic has concluded that de... Read more

Two US men who spent three decades in prison for rape and murder, one of them on death row, have been released after DNA evidence proved their innocence. Mentally disabled half brothers Henr... Read more

Presidents Putin and Poroshenko have agreed on a permanent ceasefire in the Donbass area of east Ukraine, the Ukrainian leader’s press office reports following a phone conversation between t... Read more

At least nine policemen have been killed in a bomb attack on a convoy in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, officials say. The bomb was reportedly detonated remotely as they travelled through the vill... Read more

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has expressed concern over the reported military takeover in the southern African nation of Lesotho. He called on all parties to resolve their differences peace... Read more

NATO Commander, Gen. Philip Breedlove If Russia tries to infiltrate troops into a NATO country, even out of official military uniform as it did before it annexed Ukraine’s Crimea, NATO... Read more

EDGARTOWN, Mass. (AP) — President Barack Obama is getting off the island. In a rare move for him, the president planned a break in the middle of his Martha’s Vineyard vacation to retur... Read more