Hightlights
Hamas leader at Gaza rally: War not over yet
A senior Hamas official has told supporters at a Gaza City rally that the war with Israel won\'t be over until the ...Iraq: Suicide attack kills 12 people in Baghdad
Iraqi officials say a suicide car bomber has rammed his explosives-laden car into a police checkpoint in Baghdad, killing at least 12 ...Snowden receives three-year Russian residence permit: lawyer
Former U.S. intelligence contractor Edward Snowden, wanted by the United States for leaking extensive secrets of its electronic surveillance programs, has been ...Gaza ceasefire holding on second day, talks under way in Egypt
A Gaza truce was holding on Wednesday as Egyptian mediators pursued talks with Israeli and Palestinian representatives on an enduring end to ...NATO fears ground invasion as Russia masses troops on Ukraine border
Russia has massed around 20,000 combat-ready troops on Ukraine\'s border and could use the pretext of a humanitarian mission to invade, NATO ...Kurds, Islamic State clash near Kurdish regional capital
Kurdish forces attacked Islamic State fighters near the Kurdish regional capital of Arbil in northern Iraq on Wednesday in a change of ...New Gaza cease-fire begins as Israel withdraws troops
Israel withdrew ground forces from the Gaza Strip on Tuesday and started a 72-hour ceasefire with Hamas mediated by Egypt as a ...Several wounded as Afghan soldier opens fire at British military academy
A U.S. general was killed and more than a dozen people were wounded on Tuesday, including a German general, in the latest ...Israelis, Palestinians set to launch 72-hour truce in monthlong war
Israel and Islamist Hamas were expected to hold their fire for three days starting on Tuesday, under terms of an Egyptian-brokered truce, ...Russia to hold war games in show of strength near Ukraine
Russia announced military exercises near the border with Ukraine on Monday in a show of strength as the Ukrainian army recaptured more ...




