Eighteen migrants die as EU seeks Turkish help to slow influx
At least 18 people drowned trying to cross the Aegean Sea on Sunday, on the eve of a key summit at which ...IS suicide truck bomb kills 60 south of Baghdad
Islamic State claimed responsibility for a suicide attack with an explosive-laden fuel tanker on an Iraqi police checkpoint south of Baghdad, killing ...Veteran Sudan opposition leader Turabi dead at 84
Veteran Sudan Islamist opposition leader Hassan al-Turabi, one of the fiercest critics of President Omar al-Bashir\'s government, died of a heart attack ...Benin votes to elect new president
Benin held an election on Sunday to choose a successor to President Thomas Boni Yayi who is stepping down after two terms, ...China tries to reassure on economy, cuts growth target
China\'s leadership tried to quell anxiety about its slowing economy following financial turmoil and rising labor unrest as it cut its growth ...Slovaks vote in parliamentary election
Slovaks began voting in a general election Saturday that polls show will hand firebrand leftist Premier Robert Fico a third term in ...Turkey newspaper defiant after raid as police disperse protests
A leading Turkish newspaper opposed to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and seized by authorities warned of the "darkest days" in the history ...Afghan Taliban refuse peace talks with government
The Taliban on Saturday refused to hold direct peace talks with the Afghan government, dealing a blow to international efforts to revive ...Assad must go at start of Syria transition, says Saudi
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad must leave office as soon as a transitional authority is set up, Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said ...Polish govt rocked by resignations of several generals
The surprise resignations of several key Polish generals have rocked the new conservative government, which is facing a barrage of criticism at ...
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