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: Thursday, August 14, 2014, 23:29
Dutch forensic experts have identified a total of 127 victims of downed flight MH17, with 20 new names being released to families on Thursday, the Dutch national broadcaster said.
The number of Iraqi civilians arriving in camps on both sides of the Syrian border after being besieged for days by jihadist fighters has declined sharply, a UN spokesman said Thurday.
Last Updated: Thursday, August 14, 2014, 23:28
The Turkish authorities were moving hundreds of Syrian refugees on Thursday from the southern city of Gaziantep to camps, after three nights of violent protests by locals angered by their presence, reports said.
Last Updated: Thursday, August 14, 2014, 23:27
President Juan Manuel Santos signalled his support Thursday for a bill that would allow the medical use of marijuana in Colombia.
Last Updated: Thursday, August 14, 2014, 23:00
Spain`s government sparked an outcry Thursday by giving oil group Repsol the all-clear to explore for oil and gas off the coast of the tourism-dependent Canary Islands.
Last Updated: Thursday, August 14, 2014, 22:59
Rescuers are battling to save six coal miners trapped after a flood in a mine in central China`s Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture in Hubei Province.
Last Updated: Thursday, August 14, 2014, 22:58
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday launched a blistering new assault on social media, comparing the likes of Twitter to a "scalpel in the hand of a surgeon" and a "knife in the hand of a murderer."
Last Updated: Thursday, August 14, 2014, 21:21
The governor of Iraq`s Sunni heartland Anbar Province said he has asked for and secured U.S. support in the battle against Islamic State militants because opponents of the group may not have the stamina for a long fight.
Last Updated: Thursday, August 14, 2014, 21:20
The daughter of long-serving former Australian state premier Neville Wran was on Thursday charged with murder over the stabbing death of a small-time drug dealer in Sydney.
Last Updated: Thursday, August 14, 2014, 21:16
Police arrested 52 Palestinians in east Jerusalem overnight, taking to more than 600 the number of alleged rioters seized since unrest erupted early July over the hate killing of a Palestinian teen.
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