Egyptian officials say a suicide car bomber has rammed his vehicle into a security checkpoint outside a police building in northern Sinai, killing and wounding several people. The police and security officials say the attacker used a garbage truck packed with explosives in Monday's bombing...

A day before the suspect in the Fort Lauderdale airport rampage was to appear in court, a website released footage that appears to show him calmly drawing a pistol and opening fire in the baggage claim area. The video recording posted on TMZ's website...

Barca’s poor start to 2017 continued as they lost further ground on Real Madrid at the top of La Liga despite a sensational last minute Lionel Messi free kick salvaging a 1-1 draw at Villarreal Sunday. The Spanish champions lost their opening game of the year at Athletic Bilbao in the Copa...

Foreign minister Boris Johnson has arrived in the United States to meet close advisers to President-elect Donald Trump and senior Congressional leaders, Britain's foreign ministry said on Sunday. "Following the successful meeting last month between the prime minister's chiefs of staff and...

The presence of Daesh and PKK terror groups in Iraq is unacceptable to Turkey, Turkish premier said Sunday. Prime Minister Binali Yildrim made the remarks following his meeting with Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) President Masoud Barzani in Erbil during his second day in Iraq. ...

 Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei paid tribute to Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, the former president who died on Sunday, as a "companion of struggle" despite differences between them. "The loss of my companion of struggle, whose cooperation with me dated back 59 years, is...

Up to 1,000 Tunisians have marched in the capital to protest the return of jihadis from Syria, Iraq and neighboring Libya. Authorities say that about 3,000 Tunisians have traveled to conflict zones and about 800 have returned. Tunisians now fear offensives against the Islamic State group and...

The Mexican authorities have arrested the alleged gunman who shot and wounded an official from the US consulate in the western city of Guadalajara, prosecutors said Sunday. The Jalisco state prosecutor's office said on Twitter that a special unit "detained the attacker of the consular...

President-elect Donald Trump accepts the U.S. intelligence community's conclusion that Russia engaged in cyberattacks aimed at disrupting the U.S. elections, his incoming chief of staff Reince Priebus said on Sunday, adding that "actions may be taken" in response. Speaking on Fox News...

Following his success in Ballon d'Or, Portugal and Real Madrid Cristiano Ronaldo is set to add another garland -- the Best FIFA Men's Player -- Monday in Zurich. After Champions League and Euro 2016 success for club and country last year, Ronaldo is the overwhelming favorite for yet another...

At least 68 fighters have been killed in two days of fierce battles between Yemeni forces and Shiite Houthi rebels near the strategic Bab al-Mandab strait, military officials said Sunday. Government forces launched Saturday an assault to recapture the coastal Dhubab district, just 30...

Iraqi special forces, backed by U.S.-led air raids, clashed with ISIS militants near a historic site in Mosul Sunday, an officer in Iraq's counter-terrorism service said, as they tried to drive the extremists out of more districts in the city. The elite counter-terrorism service (CTS) has...

A truck driven by a Palestinian rammed into pedestrians on a popular promenade in occupied Jerusalem Sunday killing four people, according to Israeli police who called it a deliberate attack. "It is a terrorist attack, a ramming attack," a police spokeswoman said on Israel Radio. Police...

Germany's domestic security chief warned Sunday that the country's radical Islamist scene is not only growing, but becoming more decentralized, posing greater challenges to surveillance operations. In an interview with national news agency DPA, Hans-Georg Maassen also defended security...

(Al-Jazeera)- At least 12 people have been killed and 50 wounded in a car bomb blast in eastern Baghdad, police and medics say, in an attack claimed by the armed group the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).  The explosion hit the mainly Shia district of Jamila on Sunday,...

Saudi Arabia says the man who planned a suicide bombing in July outside of the mosque where the Prophet Muhammad is buried is one of the two extremists killed in a shootout with police in Riyadh. Interior Ministry spokesman Maj. Gen. Mansour al-Turki said Taie bin Salem bin Yaslam...

Israeli police made seven arrests overnight following an unruly protest against the manslaughter conviction of a soldier for shooting dead a wounded Palestinian assailant, police said Sunday. Those detained are accused of public order offences during a demonstration outside the Jerusalem...

 Barack Obama travels to Chicago for his farewell speech Tuesday, returning to the town where his meteoric rise to become America's first black president all began. The third largest U.S. city is also important to his post-presidency: it will be home to the Obama presidential library...

Five people were killed and 27 others injured Sunday when a bus carrying Portuguese tourists crashed off a highway in central France known locally as the "road of death", authorities said. The 40-seat bus was on its way to Switzerland when tragedy struck, the local Creusot-Info website said....

Pope Francis says he realises he may be the target of an attack but that he will continue to travel without bulletproof vehicles or heavy security because he wants to get close to people. Unlike his predecessors, who used bulletproof popemobiles or limousines, Francis uses ordinary cars on...