Two soldiers and 15 Boko Haram fighters were killed Thursday as the Nigeria-led multinational troops repelled an attack by militants in Abadam town of the country's northeastern Borno state, an army spokesman said Friday. "During the fierce battle, the troops killed 15 of the insurgents,...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- A human rights organization has documented 242 violation for the Cessation of Hostility agreement brokered by Russia and USA, which was put in effect in the first day of Adha Eid, Monday, September 12, at 7:00 pm Syria’s time. The Syrian Network for Human Rights...

India signed a deal to buy 36 Rafale fighter jets from France on Friday for around $8.7 billion, the country's first major acquisition of combat planes in two decades and a boost for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's plan to rebuild an ageing fleet. The air force is down to 33 squadrons,...

South Korea said cash withheld by Hanjin Shipping Co Ltd (117930.KS) and support from its parent group should roughly meet funding needed for unloading cargo from vessels operated by the troubled container line. In a statement prepared for a briefing on the collapse of the nation's biggest...