Middle East
Suicide car bomb kills five in Iraqi Kurdish capital
A suicide bomber driving a car packed with explosives blew himself up in the capital of Iraq\'s Kurdistan region on Wednesday, killing ...Israel approves 78 new settler homes in East Jerusalem
Israel on Wednesday approved the construction of 78 new homes in two settlements on West Bank land annexed to Jerusalem, likely to ...G20 commits to higher growth, fight climate change; Russia isolated over Ukraine
Leaders from the G20 group of nations agreed on Sunday to boost flagging global growth, tackle climate change and crack ...Islamic State group beheads US aid worker
An Islamic State group video released Sunday purports to show extremists beheading a dozen Syrian soldiers and ends with a ...Global leaders meet for G20 summit in Australia
Russia\'s Cold War-style standoff with the West sent a chill through G20 talks aimed at heating up the world economy ...U.S., allies conduct 23 air strikes in Syria, Iraq: military
U.S.-led forces conducted 16 air strikes in Syria, most of them around Kobani near the Turkish border, and seven in the oil-producing ...Iran, U.S., EU nuclear talks in Oman seen going to second day
Iran, the United States and European Union will hold an unscheduled second day of talks on Monday on disagreements blocking resolution of ...25 years after 9/11 – How many Germanies should Europe have?
Ever since the Peace of Westphalia, Europe maintained the inner balance ...Obama authorizes 1,500 more US troops for Iraq
President Barack Obama has approved sending up to 1,500 more troops to Iraq, roughly doubling the number of U.S. forces on the ...Putin beats Obama again in Forbes power ranking
For a second year in a row, Russian President Vladimir Putin has beaten Barack Obama to the title of world\'s most powerful ...