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, 20:47
A massive Russian "humanitarian" convoy closed in on Ukraine`s border on Thursday despite doubts over whether the trucks would be allowed across, and as deadly fighting rocked rebel-held strongholds.
Last Updated: Thursday, August 14, 2014, 20:45
First Israel`s Iron Dome air defence system protected millions from rocket attacks. Now the state is assembling a "legal Iron Dome" to defend itself against potential allegations of war crimes in Gaza.
Last Updated: Thursday, August 14, 2014, 20:44
Over 84,000 officials in China have been given administrative and party disciplinary punishments as part of the country`s crackdown against corruption, a Chinese minister said on Thursday.
Last Updated: Thursday, August 14, 2014, 20:43
A former Israeli ambassador to the US has trashed as "impossible" the claims that the Jewish state went around the White House`s back and quietly secured supplies of ammunition from the Pentagon to aid its military campaign in Gaza Strip.
Last Updated: Thursday, August 14, 2014, 19:53
Nigeria has confirmed 11 cases of Ebola, after a doctor who treated the Liberian man who brought the disease to Lagos fell ill, the health minister said on Thursday.
Last Updated: Thursday, August 14, 2014, 19:50
The Ukrainian parliament approved a law on Thursday to impose sanctions on Russian companies and individuals supporting and financing separatist rebels in eastern Ukraine.
Last Updated: Thursday, August 14, 2014, 19:48
Philippine President Benigno Aquino has said he may try to change the constitution and serve a second term in office, a stunning announcement in a nation haunted by dictatorship.
Last Updated: Thursday, August 14, 2014, 18:44
Saudi authorities beheaded a Pakistani on Thursday after sentencing him to death for drug trafficking, the interior ministry said, taking to 25 the number of executions announced this year.
Last Updated: Thursday, August 14, 2014, 18:43
Syrian government forces have retaken most of a key Damascus suburb they have been fighting for months to recapture from rebel forces, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Thursday.
Last Updated: Thursday, August 14, 2014, 18:42
Israel and the Palestinians have given themselves five days to come up with a comprehensive agreement to end the war in Gaza. While that is a welcome extension on past ceasefires, there is still a dangerously long way to go to bridge their differences.
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