Nuclear-armed North Korea launched four ballistic missiles on Monday in another challenge to President Donald Trump, with three landing provocatively close to America's ally Japan. Seoul and Washington began annual joint military exercises last week that always infuriate Pyongyang, with the...

Five Pakistani soldiers and 10 militants were killed in a coordinated overnight raid at several border posts on the frontier with Afghanistan, the military said Monday. The fighting took place in Mohmand, one of Pakistan's so-called tribal districts that form a buffer zone between the two...

President Donald Trump is preparing to sign a revised executive order temporarily barring the entry of people from certain Muslim-majority countries and halting the nation's refugee program. A White House official says plans to roll out the order are on track for Monday. The official...

U.S.-backed Iraqi forces on Monday captured Mosul's al-Hurriya bridge, which leads to the ISIS-held old city center from the south, a military media officer told Reuters. The al-Hurriya bridge is the second to be secured by the Iraqi forces in the city, after securing one located further...

After protests by unpaid coal miners made headlines around the world last year as China's parliament was meeting, a $15 billion assistance fund offered by the ruling Communist Party became a symbol of the government's need to ensure social stability. As the National People’s Congress gathers...

Libyan armed forces based in the east launched more airstrikes Saturday against militias that seized oil terminals a day earlier, a spokesman said, accusing troops from the country’s rival west of launching a war. Three strikes hit vehicles and targets in the area around the Es Sidra and Ras...

An operation was launched Sunday against PKK terrorists in 18 villages of Diyarbakir province's Lice district of southeastern Turkey, security sources said. The operation was carried out in Lice district’s mountainous and forest areas in order to neutralize PKK terrorists, including its...

Almost 1,300 migrants arrived in Sicily on rescue ships over the weekend after crossing the Mediterranean, while a 16-year-old boy died on one of the ships, Italy's Coast Guard said. Italy has seen migrants arriving by boat at a record-setting pace so far this year, with far more people...

The United States on Sunday launched a new wave of air raids against Al-Qaeda in Yemen, as extremists fled from towns being targeted to mountainous areas, security sources said. At least five early morning raids hit targets linked to Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) in the southern...

The White House on Sunday requested the U.S. Congress examine whether the Obama administration abused its executive "investigative authority" during the 2016 campaign, as part of the ongoing congressional probe into Russia's influence on the presidential election. The request came a day...

 Iran's hardline former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad became the latest leader to join Twitter on Sunday, despite having been instrumental in getting it banned from the country. Ahmadinejad's first tweet from his personal account was a video in which he called on people to follow him at...

Tens of thousands of civilians have fled offensives against ISIS in Iraq and Syria, where the extremists are battling to keep what remains of their territory, the UN said Sunday. ISIS overran large areas of both countries in 2014, declaring a "caliphate" in territory it controlled, but the...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday he will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin this week in Moscow to press for a limit to Iran's influence in Syria. Israel is deeply concerned over whether Syria's civil war will result in its arch-foe Iran having increased its power in...

Iran said on Sunday there had been progress in talks with Saudi Arabia on allowing citizens of the Islamic republic to join this year's hajj pilgrimage, despite some remaining issues. Iranians were barred from attending last year's hajj after the two countries severed diplomatic ties and...

A four-year-old girl is dead and her eight-year-old sister missing after both were swept out to sea by a large wave in the southern French port of Marseille, a source close to the case said Sunday. The girls' father was also submerged by the stormy seas but survived after quickly being...

Bahrain on Sunday approved a constitutional change allowing military courts to try civilians, the kingdom's latest rollback on reforms made after its 2011 Arab Spring protests that likely will stoke an ongoing government crackdown on dissent. Activists warn the amendment will allow an...

Pakistan tightened security in the city of Lahore ahead of a hugely anticipated final of its domestic cricket league on Sunday, pushing ahead with a rare high-profile match despite a recent spike in Islamist violence. The government had wavered momentarily on whether to host the Pakistan...

(Daily Sabah)- A total of 11 PKK terrorists have been killed in airstrikes conducted in northern Iraq, the Turkish military announced on Sunday. The statement released by the military said that the airstrikes carried out by Turkish jets on February 28 between 7:33 p.m. and 8:28 p.m. local...

U.S.-backed Iraqi forces launched on Sunday a new push toward the Islamic State-held old city center of Mosul, on the western bank of the Tigris river, an Iraqi military spokesman said. Iraqi forces are fighting their way toward the old center of the city, advancing from the south and the...

The energy sector is the stock market's dud so far in 2017 after a banner performance in 2016, and the rest of the year may also be rocky for investors due to the unclear path for crude oil prices. Energy outdid all other sectors last year, up nearly 24 percent thanks to a late-year rally on...