[IMG] Chinese dredging vessels are purportedly seen in the waters around Mischief Reef in the disputed Spratly Islands in the South China Sea in...
By Lisa Jucca and Benjamin Kang Lim | ROME/HONG KONG/BEIJING ROME/HONG KONG/BEIJING Representatives from the Vatican and China are expected to...
[IMG] Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte makes a speech during the Philippines - China Trade and Investment Forum at the Great Hall of the...
[IMG] Fighters of Libyan forces allied with the U.N.-backed government gather at the eastern frontline of fighting with Islamic State militants,...
[IMG] A man sits on the balcony of his damaged house in the rebel held besieged al-Sukkari neighbourhood of Aleppo, Syria October 19, 2016....
[IMG] Mosul offensive going faster than planned, Iraqi PM says EAST AND NORTH OF MOSUL, Iraq The offensive to seize back Mosul from Islamic...
By Robert Birsel | KHON KAEN, Thailand KHON KAEN, Thailand In villages scattered through the green rice fields of northeast Thailand, a...
[IMG] Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro attends a rally to commemorate the National Day of Indian Resistance in Caracas, Venezuela October 12,...
By Josh Smith | LOGAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan LOGAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan NATO forces have begun a new program to train Afghan soldiers to pinpoint...
[IMG] Italy's Prime Minister Matteo Renzi talks to the media as he leaves a European Union leaders summit in Brussels, Belgium, October 21, 2016....
WASHINGTON The Obama administration has few good options and limited leverage as it struggles to craft a response to Philippine President Rodrigo...
[IMG] Syria says east Aleppo ceasefire has begun, promises 'safe exit' AMMAN The Syrian military said on Thursday a unilateral ceasefire backed...
WASHINGTON Iran has stepped up weapons transfers to the Houthis, the militia fighting the Saudi-backed government in Yemen, U.S., Western and...
[IMG] Kerry plays down Syria deal hopes as Russia joins Geneva talks GENEVA/WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry played down...
AMMAN The Syrian military said on Thursday a unilateral ceasefire backed by Russia had come into force to allow people to leave besieged eastern...
EAST OF MOSUL, Iraq An Iraqi army elite unit and Kurdish fighters on Thursday launched a fresh offensive to dislodge Islamic State militants from...
[IMG] On Syrian border, rebel goals not all shared by Turkish backers JARABLUS, Syria Two months after driving Islamic State from this Syrian...
[IMG] Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu opens the weekly cabinet meeting at his Jerusalem office moments after he was informed about a...
BERLIN Germany and France pressed Russian President Vladimir Putin to extend a pause in air strikes in Syria and halt the "criminal" bombardment...
By Babak Dehghanpisheh | SHEIKH AMIR, Iraq SHEIKH AMIR, Iraq A deep tunnel, booby trapped with an improvised explosive device, burrows under...
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