At least 62 al-Shabaab militants were killed over the weekend in a series of airstrikes in Gandarshe, Somalia, the U.S military said in a statement on Monday. The first airstrikes on Saturday killed 34 militants followed by 28 others on Sunday. "All six airstrikes were conducted...

Sudan’s president on Sunday became the first Arab League leader to visit Syria since civil war erupted there nearly eight years ago. Omar al-Bashir was greeted at the Damascus airport by Bashar Assad before they both headed to the presidential palace, where they held talks on...

Georgia's first female president has been sworn in on Sunday after being elected with over 59 percent of the votes in late November. The oath-taking ceremony of the country’s first woman president Salome Zurabishvili was attended by Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay. Armenian...

Pakistan on Sunday observed the fourth anniversary of a deadly attack on an army-run school in a northwestern city, which claimed lives of nearly 150 people, mostly schoolchildren.   The main observance was held at Peshawar’s Army Public School, which was attended by parents of...