Two government supporters were shot dead in the Burundian capital Bujumbura overnight, amid fears of a slide into a cycle of vicious retaliation after weeks of street protest opposed to Pres ...

At least 27 people, including foreigners, were killed Friday in a mass shooting at a Tunisian beach resort packed with holidaymakers, in the North African country's worst attack in recent hi ...

Turkey rejected as "black propaganda" claims that Islamic State (IS) militants crossed from Turkey Thursday to carry out a deadly bombing on the Syrian town of Kobane.

Islamic State has moved back onto the offensive after losing ground in recent days to Kurdish-led forces - killing dozens in an assault on Kobani in northern Syria. Deborah Lutterbeck report ...

Video posted to social media website purports to show Kurdish-led forces gaining ground on the outskirts of Islamic State stronghold in Syria. Deborah Lutterbeck reports.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged Tuesday to track down Druze rioters in the occupied Golan Heights responsible for the "lynching" of a wounded Syrian being transported to a ...

At least 10 civilians, including two children, were killed Monday in a government barrel bomb attack on a mosque in Syria's northern city of Aleppo, a monitoring group said.

Pope Francis has blamed human greed and selfishness for damaging the planet - and he has called on everyone to take action to stop climate change. The comments were made in a papal encyclic ...

Pro-democracy campaigners take to the streets of Hong Kong, but in far smaller numbers than expected, before a vote on a political reform package that has divided the city and sparked mass p ...