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4 Iraqi soldiers killed in clashes with militants
Iraqi police officials say that clashes between Iraqi soldiers and militants with the Islamic State group south of Baghdad have killed four ...No let-up in Gaza war as Egypt presses on with truce efforts
Israeli air strikes killed at least five Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and militants kept up their rocket fire on southern Israel ...French PM Manuel Valls resigns amid economy row
French Prime Minister Manuel Valls presented his government\'s resignation on Monday, a day after Economy Minister Arnaud Montebourg called for new economic ...Russia says wants to send second aid convoy to east Ukraine
Russia wants to send a second humanitarian aid convoy to eastern Ukraine in the near future, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on ...Hundreds dead as Islamic State seizes Syrian air base
Islamic State militants stormed an air base in northeast Syria on Sunday, capturing it from government forces after days of fighting that ...Irish ex-premier Reynolds, peace negotiator, dies at 81
Former Irish prime minister Albert Reynolds, a central figure in the Northern Ireland peace process who helped broker the 1994 IRA ceasefire, ...Malaysia receives bodies from Flight 17 crash
The bodies and ashes of 20 Malaysians killed when Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot down over Ukraine in July have arrived ...Israeli air strike kills three Hamas commanders in Gaza
Israel killed three senior Hamas commanders in the Gaza Strip in an air strike on Thursday and said it would continue to ...U.S. military failed in rescue attempt for journalist Foley
The U.S. military earlier this summer carried out an attempt to rescue journalist James Foley and other American hostages held in Syria, ...Thai junta leader appointed PM by hand-picked parliament
Thailand\'s coup leader General Prayuth Chan-ocha was appointed prime minister on Thursday by a legislature he hand-picked, giving the army chief a ...