(Reuters) - Turkish officials on Friday angrily condemned a wave of unrest in which two police officers were gunned down and Kurds angry over a siege by Islamist militants on their ethnic kin in Syria clashed with security forces and radical Islamists. Intense fighting raged...

(Reuters) - Fighting between India and Pakistan paused on Friday after days of heavy shelling and gun battles across their disputed Himalayan border, the worst skirmishes between the nuclear-armed rivals in more than a decade. Despite escalating tensions, Pakistan...

OSLO (Web Desk / Reuters) - Pakistani child education activist Malala Yousufzai and the Indian children s rights activist Kailash Satyarthi have won the Nobel Peace Prize. "Despite her youth, Malala Yousafzay has already fought for several years for the right of girls to...

The US-led air campaign in Iraq and Syria is proving a boon to weapons makers, sending their share prices soaring and bolstering political support for higher defense spending. The open-ended air war against the Islamic State group will mean billions in sales for bombs and...