ABOARD A U.S. MILITARY AIRCRAFT — The one-two punch of Iranian-back militias and Iraqi government troops is likely to prevail in the unfolding battle for Tikrit, but it would not have been...

The yearlong search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 has turned up no sign of the plane, but that doesn't mean it's been unproductive. It has yielded lessons and discoveries that could benefit...

Fighters from the Islamic State group attacked an oil field in Libya, killing several members of the security detail at the site and nine foreign workers are missing, European officials said...

Pope Francis has ordered a priest who heard Aldo Moro's confession while he was a prisoner of the Brigate Rosse to testify to an Italian parliamentary committee that is still investigating the murder...

The White House was placed on lockdown after a loud noise was heard on the South Lawn. It came moments before President Barack Obama and his family were due to leave by helicopter. The noise...

Islamic State militants have destroyed ancient remains of the 2,000-year-old city of Hatra in northern Iraq, the tourism and antiquities ministry said today. An official said that the ministry...

Two men have been detained over the murder of Russian opposition politician Boris Nemtsov, the head of the Federal Security Service has announced. Anzor Gubashev and Zaur Dadayev were detained...

Pump prices have fallen by 20-25 per cent across the eurozone since last summer, compared with 15 per cent in the UK, because of the surge in the value of sterling against the euro. The near 50...

UKRAINE KIEV, Ukraine — Ukrainian military officials say government forces are withdrawing heavy rocket launchers from the front line with Russian-backed separatists in accordance with last...

A madam-turned-faux cosmetic surgeon kept up the ruse of being a medical expert even as a 20-year-old dancer who received illegal buttocks injections began to die, prosecutors told jurors Friday as...