Afghan forces battle Taliban for control of Sangin
Sangin district has fallen to Taliban control several times and the fighting has caused significant casualties among Afghan and international forces.
Re-usable private space rocket completes mission, lands successfully
Turkish coastguards recover 12 bodies, four children die in separate incident

Four children and a woman died when their rubber craft capsized off the Greek island of Kalymnos

Four children and a woman died when their rubber craft...

Islamic State gunman kills five in Saudi Arabia

Islamic State claims responsibility for an attack onFriday on  a Shia...

Islamic State claims responsibility for an attack onFriday...

Israel claims Palestinian children ‘shown how to stab a Jew’

Danon accused Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas of leading the...

Danon accused Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas of...

Asylum seekers head to Slovenia after Hungary closes Croatia border

Slovenia has canceled all rail traffic with Croatia so that migrants are not...

Slovenia has canceled all rail traffic with Croatia so that...

European Council to normalize Schengen area in the next six months

EU Migration Summit: Council sets out priorities for next six months

EU Migration Summit: Council sets out priorities for next...

Venezuelan opposition politician arrested on corruption allegations

Venezuelan opposition politician Manuel Rosales arrested on return to country...

Venezuelan opposition politician Manuel Rosales arrested on...

Australian High Court gives Rebels boss Alex Vella definite entry ban

End of the road for Rebels bikie boss Alex Vella who loses High Court bid for...

End of the road for Rebels bikie boss Alex Vella who loses...

30 people die in Nigerian mosque blasts

30 people die in two explosions at a mosque in Maiduguri, Nigeria

30 people die in two explosions at a mosque in Maiduguri,...

EU approves migration action plan for Turkey

Nearly 600,000 refugees have reached the EU by sea so far this year, many of...

Nearly 600,000 refugees have reached the EU by sea so far...

US withdrawal from Afghanistan delayed

President Barack Obama confirms plans to delay withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan

President Barack Obama confirms plans to delay withdrawal...

1988 Lockerbie bombing | US, Scottish investigators identify two suspects

Scottish prosecutors want to interview two Libyans they have identified as suspects over the Lockerbie bombing

Scottish prosecutors want to interview two Libyans they...

Automotive watchdog orders VW to recall 2.4 million cars

German media reports suggest the KBA earlier rejected VW's proposals that...

German media reports suggest the KBA earlier rejected...

Israeli police kill two Palestinian youths in Jerusalem as violence escalates

Death toll climbs to 32 as Israel orders deployment of soldiers and sets up checkpoints.

Death toll climbs to 32 as Israel orders deployment of...

Syrian army prepares assault as IS battles insurgents

Gains by Islamic State north of Aleppo would threaten the supply lines of rival...

Gains by Islamic State north of Aleppo would threaten the...

EU leaders to discuss possible migration deal with Turkey

Turkey is thought to be hosting some two million people, most of them fleeing...

Turkey is thought to be hosting some two million people,...

Foreign minister concerned with violence in Israel and Palestine

Malta condemns in an unequivocal manner, all attacks on civilians wherever they...

Malta condemns in an unequivocal manner, all attacks on...

'2016 diesel models may have suspect software' - VW

Volkswagen confirmed that the 'auxiliary emissions control...

Volkswagen confirmed that the 'auxiliary emissions...

Clinton, Sanders trade barbs at Democratic presidential debate

The two contenders tangled over foreign policy, gun control and economic policy

The two contenders tangled over foreign policy, gun control...