Iran has captured 17 spies allegedly working for the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and some have been sentenced to death, Iranian media reported on Monday, amid soaring tensions between Tehran and Washington. The agencies "successfully dismantled a (CIA) spy network," the head of...

Britain is to send 250 troops to the West African nation of Mali next year as part of a United Nations peacekeeping operation, the defense ministry said Monday. "In one of the world’s poorest and most fragile regions it is right that we support some of world's most vulnerable people and...

ran's state TV says a delegation from Hamas that is visiting Iran has met with the country's supreme leader. The TV report Monday says Ayatollah Ali Khamenei held talks with Hamas' deputy chief, Saleh al-Arouri, who is heading the delegation. The Hamas delegation also met with Kamal...

Hong Kong police on Monday defended their actions and the lack of arrests after opposition lawmakers said police had failed to protect a train full of anti-government protesters from a triad gangster attack on Sunday. The attack came in a night of violence that opened new fronts in Hong...