Britain arrested nine radical Islamists in a series of dawn raids on Thursday, including a powerful imam whose acolytes tried to behead a soldier in London last year. LONDON, England — The era of Londonistan may be over. A series of dawn raids at ...

Nigeria's police on Thursday claimed that one of more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram militants nearly six months ago had been found, but elders rejected the claim. National police spokesperson Emmanuel Ojokwu said the girl was "dropped ...

India on Wednesday made history by successfully placing its spacecraft in orbit around Mars, becoming the first country in the world to succeed in such an inter-planetary mission in the maiden attempt itself. At 7:17 am, the 440 Newton Liquid Apogee Motor ...

As U.S.-led air strikes targeted militants in Syria, the country's Tourism Ministry was busy organizing fireworks, songs and poetry. Away from the efforts to dislodge Islamic State extremists, the government is sponsoring a festival in the city of Tartus on the ...

WASHINGTON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Every 30-day delay in isolating Ebola patients will cause a tripling in daily cases of the deadly epidemic sweeping West Africa, according to new forecasts released on Tuesday. As world leaders gather in New ...

Liverpool have clawed their way into the next round of the Capital One Cup after a record-breaking penalty shootout victory against Middlesbrough. Liverpool came through 14-13 in the shootout, in a game which also saw young player Jordan Rossiter score ...

NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Hackers threatened to leak nude photos of actress Emma Watson days in response to she gave a speech at the United Nations urging men to join the fight for gender equality, The Guardian newspaper reported ...

Police in a Melbourne suburb shot dead an alleged terrorist suspect late Tuesday after the man stabbed two law-enforcement officers, Australian authorities said. The 18-year-old man was killed outside a police station in southeast Melbourne in an incident ...

Turkey has lifted a ban on wearing the Islamic-style headscarf in schools, allowing girls from the fifth grade and up to cover their hair in a further easing of generations-old restrictions on the public expression of faith. Turkey has lifted a ban on wearing the ...

Even overseas, Mayor de Blasio can't escape opposition to his unpopular plan to ban the city's horse-carriage industry. A large British union came out swinging Tuesday for the city's horse-drawn carriages, and plans to confront the mayor on the issue when ...

With his new offensive against Islamic State terrorists in Syria, Barack Obama has a chance to revive his presidency, but the only way he can do that is to become a brand-new president, one who will be almost unrecognizable to his supporters. Obama must ...

BEIJING—. As U.S. airstrikes began hitting targets of the Islamic State terrorist group in Syria, China says it supports international efforts to crack down on terrorism. Increasingly though, Beijing is seeing the fight against the Islamic State militants (IS) as an ...

For the last two years, writer and photographer Tommy Trenchard has been documenting life in Sierra Leone -- one of the three West African countries hardest hit by the world's worst Ebola outbreak. Trenchard shared with us his photos documenting the ...

Jerusalem: Israeli special forces stormed a West Bank hideout early on Tuesday and killed two Palestinians suspected in the June abduction and slaying of three Israeli teenagers, a gruesome attack that had triggered a chain of events that led to the war in ...

MDG : World Conference on Indigenous Peoples at UN The World Conference on Indigenous Peoples was described as a historic moment by the Sami president, Aili Keskitalo. Photograph: Yubi Hoffmann/UN Photo. Governments have agreed to draw up ...

UNITED NATIONS: Actor and United Nations Goodwill Ambassador Emma Watson gave a powerful speech on gender equality at the UN on Saturday, helping to launch her new initiative, HeForShe. Watson's HeForShe campaign aspires to galvanise as ...

FILE - In this Sept. 19, 2014 file photo, an Apple store employee arranges a stack of pre-ordered iPhone 6 Plus models, in New York. Apple on Monday, Sept. 22, 2014 said it sold more than 10 million iPhone 6 and 6 Plus models, a record for a new model, ...

Washington: Acting on the strategy charted out by US President Barack Obama to rein in the Islamic State in Syria, the US military in collaboration with its anti-IS partners has targeted the extremists spots in the civil war-struck country, said the Pentagon.

A university professor who spoke out against the Communist party's policies in the vast western region of Xinjiang has become the first Chinese dissident in almost a decade to be sentenced to life in prison. Ilham Tohti, 44, taught economics at Beijing's Ethnic ...

Hackers have threatened to leak alleged nude photos of Harry Potter star Emma Watson following her gender equality speech at the UN Headquarters. Watson, a UN women goodwill ambassador, delivered her speech on Sunday and launched UN Women ...