US Bagram airbase bomber was 'an employee' and ex-Taliban
Four Americans were killed in an apparent suicide bomb attack early Saturday at Bagram Airfield
Trial to begin for man accused of murdering Jo Cox
The trial of the man accused of murdering British lawmaker Jo Cox earlier this year is due to begin on Monday
Assad offers rebels amnesty in exchange of Aleppo

Fighters have accepted similar government amnesty offers in other besieged...

Fighters have accepted similar government amnesty offers in...

Iranian judges sentence writer to jail for story about stoning to death

Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee has been sentenced to five years in prison for 'insulting religious sanctities' and an extra year for 'spreading propaganda...

Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee has been sentenced to five years in...

Hurricane Matthew death toll rises over 330 in Haiti

Hurricane Matthew - the most powerful Caribbean storm in nearly a decade - has...

Hurricane Matthew - the most powerful Caribbean storm in...

Nine Turkey-backed rebels killed in Syrian clashes

Nine Turkey-backed Syrian rebels were killed and another 32 wounded on Thursday...

Nine Turkey-backed Syrian rebels were killed and another 32...

Two police officers stabbed in suspected terror attack in Brussels

An assailant knifed one officer in the neck and the other in the abdomen in...

An assailant knifed one officer in the neck and the other...

UN peacekeepers in South Sudan refuse to leave base, rebels raped aid workers

A report by the Centre for Civilians in Conflict says that peacekeepers did not leave fortified bases, and that aid workers in Juba were assaulted in July

A report by the Centre for Civilians in Conflict says that...

António Guterres to be next UN secretary general

Portugal's former Prime Minister Antonio Guterres is poised to become the...

Portugal's former Prime Minister Antonio Guterres is...

Poland's abortion ban proposal near collapse after mass protests

Parliamentary committee urges MPs to vote proposal down as 30,000 people turn...

Parliamentary committee urges MPs to vote proposal down as...

Six killed in suspected terrorist attack in Kenya

Suspected al-Shabaab militants have killed at least six people in an attack in...

Suspected al-Shabaab militants have killed at least six...

Joint MOAS and Italian Red Cross mission rescues almost 800 people

Two MOAS vessels assist in rescue of 778 migrants off the coast of Libya and...

Two MOAS vessels assist in rescue of 778 migrants off the...

Top mafia fugitive found hiding in secret room in his own house

Antonio Pelle, who escaped from hospital in 2011, is found at home in a hideout...

Antonio Pelle, who escaped from hospital in 2011, is found...

Two Belgian police officers targeted in suspected terror attack

Assailant knifed one officer in the neck and the other in the abdomen in...

Assailant knifed one officer in the neck and the other in...

German comic spared prosecution over Erdoğan poem thanks to ‘artistic freedom’

German prosecutors on Tuesday dropped an investigation of a TV comic who wrote a crude poem about Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, citing insufficient...

German prosecutors on Tuesday dropped an investigation of a...

Colombian President says FARC ceasefire will end this month

Despite insistence from both parties that peace will be maintained, Colombian...

Despite insistence from both parties that peace will be...

Philippine President would face obstacles in cutting US arms reliance

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has threatened to reduce purchases of US...

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has threatened to...

Yahoo secretly monitored emails on behalf of the US government

Yahoo secretly scanned millions of its users' email accounts using a...

Yahoo secretly scanned millions of its users' email...

Hong Kong pro-democracy activist detained in Thailand 'at China's request'

Thailand on Wednesday barred entry to a Hong Kong student activist who helped organize pro-democracy protests in the Chinese-ruled city in 2014, with his...

Thailand on Wednesday barred entry to a Hong Kong student...

Three UK scientists win Nobel prize in physics

British trio of physicists working in US universities win 2016 Nobel for work...

British trio of physicists working in US universities win...