Germany's Foreign Ministry says talks between senior officials from Germany, France, Russia and Ukraine to pave the way for a summit of leaders in Minsk will resume in the Belarusian capital....

The Libya Herald has reported that supporters of the Islamic State claim to have taken over the small town of Nawfaliya, some 30 kilometres west of Ben Jawad. Ben Jawad is currently being used by...

King Abdullah of Jordan has been going viral of late after he vowed to destroy the Daesh - the pejorative Arab term - for the organisation which burnt Jordanian pilot Muath Al Kaseasbeh alive in a...

A purported statement by the Islamic State group claims that an American female hostage has been killed in Jordanian airstrikes on the outskirts of the northern Syrian city of Raqqa, the group's main...

The anti-bailout Syriza party won a decisive victory in Greece's national elections on Sunday, according to projections by state-run TV's exit poll, in a historic first for a radical left-wing party in Greece....

A security official says gunmen have kidnapped the deputy foreign minister of Libya's internationally-recognized government in the eastern city of Bayda. The official, speaking on the...

In fierce fighting today, Nigerian troops clashed with Islamic extremists who attacked Maiduguri, the biggest city in northeastern Nigeria. Dozens of combatants have been killed and wounded, soldiers...

The Italian Air Force is rescuing hundreds of migrants stranded on a cargo ship apparently abandoned in rough seas by smugglers in the Mediterranean. The Air Force said late Thursday...

A passenger aboard AirAsia Flight 8501 became the first victim of the crash to be returned to her family today, one of many painful reunions to come, as search crews struggled against wind and heavy...

Family members of those aboard AirAsia Flight 8501 collapsed in agony Tuesday as images of debris and a bloated body flashed across Indonesian television screens, proof that the plane crashed into the...