A blast killed at least 18 people in Pakistan's western city of Quetta Wednesday in an attack targeting a police van, media said, as the South Asian nation holds general elections. Geo TV put the death toll at 18, while rival Samaa TV put it at 20, adding a "suicide attacker" was...

Qatar has launched a major project aimed at expanding its Al-Udeid Airbase, according to the Qatar News Agency (QNA). On Tuesday, Prime Minister (and Defense Minister) Khalid bin Mohammad Al Attiyah presided over a ceremony marking the launch of the expansion project, QNA reported....

Israel partially reopened its only goods crossing with the Gaza Strip Tuesday after a two-week closure prompted by border tensions and incendiary kites sparked fears of a severe fuel shortage in the blockaded Palestinian enclave. Fuel trucks began entering through the Kerem Shalom...

British Prime Minister Theresa May said Tuesday she would now lead negotiations with the European Union, shifting the focus of the Brexit department toward preparing for Britain’s departure from the bloc. A special unit within May’s office has played an increasing role in Brexit talks during...

President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he believed Moscow will work hard to sway November congressional elections toward Democrats and not his fellow Republicans, despite U.S. intelligence agencies' conclusion that Russia tried to put Trump in the White House in 2016. "I'm very...

Egyptian security forces have killed 13 suspected militants in a shootout in Al-Arish, the capital of North Sinai province, state news agency MENA said on Tuesday. The government in February launched an operation against Daesh (ISIS) militants who have waged years of attacks on security...

World Cup stars Kylian Mbappe and Luka Modric will challenge the decade-long dominance of FIFA's best player award by Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi. Mbappe, the teenage star of France's World Cup-winning team, and Modric, the Croatia captain who was named the tournament's best...

Twin wildfires raging through popular seaside areas near the Greek capital have torched homes, cars and forests and killed at least 49 people, authorities said Tuesday, raising the death toll after rescue crews reported finding the bodies of more than 20 people huddled together near a beach....

A doctor awarded an Australian bravery medal for his pivotal work in the Thai cave rescue said he was most frightened by not knowing how much sedation to give to the weakened children. Nine Australians involved in rescuing 12 boys and their 25 -year-old soccer coach were presented with...

Iran has expanded its cyber-attack capabilities and poses a danger to German companies and research institutions, Germany's BfV domestic intelligence agency said in its annual report. The report, released on Tuesday by German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer and the BfV agency, cited...

Iraq's human rights commission reported on Monday that 14 people were killed and more than 700 injured by Iraqi security forces during weeks of protests of the country’s economic woes and government mismanagement. Fazl Garrawi, member of the Iraqi Human Right commission affiliated to...

An attack at the entrance of a military base in southern Somalia on Monday killed four soldiers. A car bomb by the militant group Al-Shabaab was followed by an armed attack on a military base affiliated to government forces in the village of Baar Sanguni -- some 50 kilometers (31 miles) from...

A Tunisian boat carrying around 40 African migrants has been stranded off the country's coast without aid for more than a week after authorities refused to let them disembark there, the Red Crescent said on Monday. Monji Slim, an official of the Tunisian Red Crescent, said the...

Israeli soldiers killed a Palestinian teenager during a raid in the occupied West Bank Monday, the Palestinian health ministry said. The Israeli military said its forces responded with live fire in Dheishe refugee camp, near Bethlehem, after Palestinians attacked them with rocks,...

Iran's state TV says a magnitude 5.8 earthquake has injured at least 79 people in the country's south. The United States Geological Survey put the quake's magnitude at 5.9. There were no immediate reports of fatalities. The earthquake struck in the early morning on Monday near the...

Daesh (ISIS) says one of the leaders of its affiliate in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula has been killed. The militant group's Aamaq news agency issued an announcement late Sunday about the death of Abu Jaafar al-Maqdesi, calling him a martyr. A photo of a young bearded man accompanied...

Yemen’s government said the Iran-aligned Houthi rebels should release all detainees and captives held in their prisons ahead of peace talks. The Yemeni news agency SABA quoted the government Sunday as saying that the Houthis should also hand over their arms and withdraw from all rebel-held areas...

Saesh (Islamic State) said on Sunday a suicide bomber targeted the Afghan vice president near Kabul airport, the group's Amaq news agency. It said the bomber detonated his suicide jacket at a celebration held to receive the vice president, Abdul Rashid Dostum, but gave no further...

Ten suspected Al-Qaeda fighters and two soldiers fighting for Yemen's government have been killed in clashes and a drone strike, local officials and security sources said Sunday. The U.S. military is the only force known to operate armed drones over Yemen. Officials in Marab...

At least 146 people were injured Sunday when a 5.9-magnitude earthquake struck Iran’s western Kermanshah province, Iran’s ISNA news agency reported.  According to Iranian state television, at least 41 of 146 injured in the earthquake continue to be treated in various hospitals in...