Preliminary data retrieved from the second “black box" has also proved that the co -pilot of the Germanwings flight deliberately crashed the plane that went down last week in the French Alps, French investigators said Friday. The French...

(Reuters) - Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi called on security forces to arrest anyone breaking the law in the city of Tikrit, where looting has been witnessed since the Sunni area was taken back from Islamic State militants this week. "The prime minister calls on the...

(Reuters) - Russia expressed outrage on Friday over a "frenzied anti-Russian campaign" by U.S. media and political analysts, stepping up a war of words that has intensified during the Ukraine crisis. Ties between Moscow and Washington have sunk to their lowest level since...

(Reuters) - An Egyptian militant group allied with Islamic State claimed responsibility on Friday for attacks on military checkpoints which killed 15 soldiers and two civilians in the Sinai. Sinai Province said in a statement its fighters used rocket-propelled grenades and other...