An armed pro-Russia militant attempts to stop journalists from accessing the site of the crash of a Malaysia Airlines plane carrying 298 people from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur in Grabove, in rebel-held east Ukraine, on July 19, 2014. © AFP. Tweet.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper says Canada won't stand by in the face of a "terrorist caliphate". Prime Minister Stephen Harper has given the clearest indication yet that he's ready to commit Canada to the fight against Sunni Islamic extremists who've created ...

At least 30 climbers are in critical condition after being found on Sunday by emergency teams on Mount Ontake, Japan's second-highest volcano, which erupted the previous day. The victims were found near the peak of the 10,062-foot mountain and appear ...

Narendra Modi meets Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon during the 69th United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York on Saturday (September 27). (Source: AP). A view of the 69th session of the United Nations General Assembly being ...

Sergei Lavrov believes the UN and its Security Council are appropriate instruments to solve today's challenges. © RIA Novosti. Vladimir Astapkovich. 11:23 28/09/2014. Tags: politics, UN Security Council, Sergei Lavrov, China, Russia ...

A student stands next to a sign, which originally read "Central Government Offices" and was modified to "Citizens' Headquarters," as riot police stand guard during a rally outside the government headquarters in Hong Kong Sept. 28, 2014. Tyrone Siu— ...

Armed British warplanes today conducted their first combat mission over Iraq against Islamic State militants. Within hours of a parliamentary vote approving the operation, two Tornado GR-4 fighter bombers took to the sky from an RAF base in Cyprus, marking ...

REGINA – A historic trade agreement between Canada and the European Union is being celebrated by Saskatchewan producers. Prime Minister Stephen Harper referred to the deal as a “game changer” while greeting European leaders at Parliament Hill, ...

BOSTON (AP) — Liberian immigrants living in New England will receive work authorization in the United States as the West African country battles an Ebola outbreak. The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services says it will automatically extend employment ...

Footage begins by showing dozens of men being marched through the desert with their hands behind their heads. They're the richest terror group in the history of the world, earning an estimated $2m a day from oil smuggling operations, they've captured vast ...

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Stephen Harper, his spokesman in Parliament and even the U.S. ambassador reached out Friday to clarify whether Canada will expand its role in the battle against Islamic militants in the Middle East. The Conservative government ...

The threat posed by such persons are not just confined to Iraq and Syria, and Singapore stands ready to play its part to counter the threat of global terrorism, said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. PHOTOS. A UN Security Council summit meeting on foreign ...

A police constable in Pakistan on Thursday shot and wounded a British national, who had been jailed for alleged blasphemy, police said. wpid-gun.jpg “The victim was injured and immediately shifted to a hospital,” a police official told dpa. His condition was ...

During his visit to the U.S., Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has plans for a private dinner with President Barack Obama and lunch with Vice President Joe Biden. There's one complication. He won't be eating. Mr. Modi arrives Friday in the middle of a strict ...

On paper, the screens in the two company's phones are one of the biggest differences. Apple uses a LCD screen while Samsung relies on OLED technology, and Samsung offers higher resolution and slightly larger sizes. But which one is better?

"O crusaders, you have realized the threat of the Islamic State, but you have not become aware of the cure, and you will not discover the cure because there is no cure. If you fight it, it becomes stronger and tougher. If you leave it alone, it grows and expands.

A newly discovered security bug in a widely used piece of Linux software, known as 'Bash', could pose a bigger threat to computer users than the 'Heartbleed' bug that surfaced in April, cyber experts warned on Wednesday. Bash is the software used to ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A masked Islamic State militant seen wielding a knife in videos at the beheading of two Americans has been identified, FBI Director James Comey said on Thursday, but he declined to give the person's name or nationality.

At 4:25 p.m. EDT today, weather permitting, a multinational crew of three astronauts will be launched into space to begin a six-month mission aboard the International Space Station (ISS). The crew includes Elena Serova, Russia's first female cosmonaut to ...

VATICAN CITY, Sept 25 (Reuters) - Pope Francis has dismissed a Paraguayan bishop accused of protecting a priest suspected of sexually abusing young people, the Vatican said on Thursday. A statement said the pope had removed Bishop Rogelio Ricardo ...