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: Tuesday, August 19, 2014, 16:17
A Malaysian fish monger today was charged with murder over the fatally stabbing of two British medical students, a crime that carries the death penalty, local media and police said.
Last Updated: Tuesday, August 19, 2014, 16:14
Fighters from Lebanon`s Hezbollah have killed a top jihadist from the Islamic State group in Syria who allegedly planned bloody attacks in Lebanon, a monitoring group said on Tuesday.
Last Updated: Tuesday, August 19, 2014, 16:11
Fighting was taking place on Tuesday in the centre of Luhansk, near Ukraine`s border with Russia, between government forces and separatist rebels who have held the town since April, a Ukrainian military spokesman said.
Last Updated: Tuesday, August 19, 2014, 16:04
Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas will travel to Doha on Wednesday and hold talks the next day with the emir of Qatar and Hamas exiled leader Khaled Meshaal, the Palestinian ambassador in Qatar said.
Last Updated: Tuesday, August 19, 2014, 15:56
Japan is to restart exports of rice grown in Fukushima for the first time since foreign sales were halted due to fears of contamination by the nuclear disaster there, officials said Tuesday.
Last Updated: Tuesday, August 19, 2014, 15:55
Iraqi forces launched an offensive on Tuesday to drive Islamic State fighters out of Tikrit, hometown of executed dictator Saddam Hussein, while the militants warned they would attack Americans "in any place".
Last Updated: Tuesday, August 19, 2014, 15:53
Fiji police on Tuesday asked Interpol for help investigating whether graphic footage posted online claiming to show fishermen being shot dead at sea off the South Pacific nation was genuine.
Last Updated: Tuesday, August 19, 2014, 15:52
A Saudi national convicted of murder was decapitated by the sword in the southwest of the Gulf kingdom on Tuesday, the interior ministry said.
Last Updated: Tuesday, August 19, 2014, 15:45
One of Taiwan`s top negotiators on China policy has been put under investigation after stepping down, over suspicions related to "national security", authorities said Tuesday.
Last Updated: Tuesday, August 19, 2014, 15:42
The bloodiest day for the French Army in World War One - indeed in its entire history - draws no national tributes, no eulogies by dignitaries, few wreaths laid in respect.
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