Last Updated: Tuesday, August 26, 2014, 13:45
Having wreaked havoc in Iraq, the militants started advancing through Syria After US started targeted air strikes on ISIS spots in Iraq.
Last Updated: Wednesday, August 20, 2014, 19:39
The FBI believes the Islamic State video purporting to show the beheading of American journalist James Foley is authentic, GlobalPost reported on Wednesday.
Last Updated: Wednesday, August 20, 2014, 19:30
Germany says a German man has been sentenced to death in China after being convicted on two counts of premeditated killing.
Last Updated: Wednesday, August 20, 2014, 19:23
President Xi Jinping today vowed to pursue more reforms to improve "weak and unsound" areas but said that China would not "completely copy the foreign experience" and uphold socialism with Chinese characteristics.
Last Updated: Wednesday, August 20, 2014, 19:22
Vice Chancellor and Economy Minister Sigmar Gabriel this week urged a "debate" about who has been and is financing the IS, but without naming any countries.
Last Updated: Wednesday, August 20, 2014, 19:21
Germany is prepared to send arms to Kurdish security forces in northern Iraq fighting Islamic State militants, Germany`s foreign and defence ministers said on Wednesday.
Last Updated: Wednesday, August 20, 2014, 19:10
Against the backdrop of incursions by Chinese troops, India on Wednesday said its armed forces were taking "more than adequate" action on such incidents and have not allowed China to encroach any part of its territory.
Last Updated: Wednesday, August 20, 2014, 19:00
British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond warned Wednesday of the "threats" posed by a "significant number" of Britons working with jihadis in Syria and Iraq, as he condemned the video of the alleged beheading of US journalist.
Last Updated: Wednesday, August 20, 2014, 18:59
Among the 18 killed since the truce collapsed were a heavily-pregnant woman and three children in the central town of Deir al-Balah, said emergency services spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra.
Last Updated: Wednesday, August 20, 2014, 18:51
Hamas said on Wednesday its military commander Mohammed Deif was alive and still calling the shots in the ongoing war with Israel in and around Gaza.
Last Updated: Wednesday, August 20, 2014, 18:49
A DNA test of a 24-year-old Japanese man allegedly involved in a raging surrogacy scandal in Thailand showed that he fathered 15 babies, police said today.
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