Reuters
Thursday, January 9, 2014 - 06:46
Police said a man with an explosive vest had blown himself up as recruits were registering their names at the small Muthanna airfield, now used by the army in the Iraqi capital.
Thursday, January 9, 2014 - 06:42
Khamenei was speaking hours before the resumption of talks between Iran and the European Union in Geneva.
Wednesday, January 8, 2014 - 07:31
In an announcement on Tuesday, they also pledged to protect tankers loading crude, after the Libyan defense ministry said it would destroy vessels using ports in the east, which are under control of the protesters linked to a self-proclaimed regional government.
Wednesday, January 8, 2014 - 07:29
Turkey's deputy police chief has been sacked, the most senior commander yet targeted in a purge of a force heavily influenced by a cleric Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan accuses of plotting to seize the levers of state power.
Tuesday, January 7, 2014 - 06:14
The Tunisian military have repeatedly hit Chaambi, a remote mountainous region a few kilometers (miles) from Algeria, since the start of 2013 after militants began trying to establish a refuge base there.
Tuesday, January 7, 2014 - 05:57
The killings in the Jabal al-Zawiya region appeared to be part of the wider confrontation by an alliance of rebels against the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), across rebel-held territories of northern and eastern Syria.
Monday, January 6, 2014 - 07:01
Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said he would not oppose the retrial of hundreds of military officers convicted on coup plot charges, a case that underlined civilian dominance over a once all-powerful army.
Monday, January 6, 2014 - 06:32
Death threats against Tunisian secular lawmakers on Sunday disrupted voting on a new constitution, underscoring tensions over the role of Islam and the transition to democracy three years after the nation's revolution.
Thursday, January 2, 2014 - 11:28
Chadian peacekeepers fired on a crowd demonstrating against their presence in the capital of Central African Republic, where at least nine people were killed in inter-religious violence on Monday.
Thursday, January 2, 2014 - 11:25
Three U.S. aircraft came under fire from unidentified forces on Saturday while trying to evacuate Americans from a spiraling conflict in South Sudan. The U.S. military said four of its members were wounded in the attacks.