Kenya destroyed some 5,250 illegal firearms by fire on Tuesday as part of efforts to fight crimes like cattle rustling, carjackings and to eliminate threats from terrorism. The burning destroyed weapons confiscated by law enforcement officials or voluntarily surrendered to agents collecting...

Several thousand Belgian military personnel Tuesday marched in the streets of Brussels over a rise in the pension age, at times clashing with police. Authorities said 8,500 off-duty soldiers protested in the historic center of the city, with riot police firing water cannon after receiving...

(Time)- Russia announced a major new air offensive in Syria on Tuesday as opposition activists on the ground reported that the first airstrikes in nearly a month struck the besieged, rebel-held parts of the northern Syrian city of Aleppo. According to activists, between four and 10 people...

Seven Iraqi refugees were burnt to death Monday in the northern province of Kirkuk, according to an Iraqi official. A tent caught fire in the Layan refugee camp in the southeastern parts of Kirkuk, killing a father and his six children, the mayor of the northern city of Baiji, Mohamed...