Former CIA director criticises Jared Kushner alleged over back channel links to Russia

Jared Kushner's alleged back channel links to Russia would have been considered spying if they had been set up by an intelligence o...

Hamas executes three over commander's murder

Gaza City (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) - The Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas executed three people in the Gaza Strip on Thursday...

In shakeup, Trump to set up 'war room' to repel attacks over Russia probe

By Jeff Mason, Richard Cowan and James Oliphant BRUSSELS/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Once U.S. President Donald Trump returns from his oversea...

Quiet college dropout turned bomber: Who was Salman Abedi?

LONDON –  He was quiet and withdrawn, a college dropout who liked soccer — and, some say, showed alarming signs of being radicalized ye...

ISIS rigged explosives to home where 100 civilians died in US-led airstrike, military says

  The Islamic State lured the U.S.-led forces into conducting an airstrike in March that killed over 100 civilians in the northern Iraq...

Police officers die in Jakarta suicide bombing

A suspected suicide bomb attack in the Indonesian capital Jakarta has killed at least three police officers and injured 10 people, poli...

North Korea border object was balloon, says South

  South Korea says an object which drifted over the border from North Korea on Tuesday appears to have been a balloon carrying propaga...

Syria conflict: Government regains full control of Homs

The Syrian government says its forces have regained total control of the central city of Homs after rebels left the last district under...

Brazil police raid Sao Paulo 'Crackland' and make arrests

Brazilian police have arrested nearly 40 people for drug trafficking offences in central Sao Paulo where crack cocaine has been sold an...

North Korea confirms 'successful' new ballistic missile test

North Korea has confirmed it "successfully" launched another medium-range ballistic missile on Sunday. The state-run KCNA new...

Trump visits Israel amid tight security

US President Donald Trump is visiting Israel and the Palestinian territories, as he continues his first foreign trip. He flies in from...

Trump: Firing FBI chief 'eased pressure'

  US President Donald Trump told Russian officials that firing FBI director James Comey eased "great pressure" on him, US med...

Syria war: IS attack in Hama on government forces

More than 50 people are reported to have been killed in heavy fighting in Syria after so-called Islamic State launched an attack in Hama ...

Syria war: US-led coalition 'strikes pro-Assad convoy'

US-led coalition aircraft have bombed a convoy of pro-Syrian government forces in a remote area near the border with Jordan, US and reb...

Venezuela: Violence flares at anti-Maduro motorised protests

Thousands of Venezuelans in cars and motorbikes have filled roads across the country in motorised protests against President Nicolas Ma...

Next cyber-attack could be imminent, warn experts

Another major cyber-attack could be imminent after Friday's global hit that infected more than 125,000 computer systems, security e...

North Korea carries out new ballistic missile test

North Korea has carried out another ballistic missile test, days after a new president took office in the South. Japanese officials say...

Pakistan bomb attack: Balochistan blast kills 25

At least 25 people have been killed in an explosion in Pakistan's Balochistan province which appears to have targeted a top lawmake...