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A Muslim man walking to the entrance of a Houston, Texas, mosque for 5:30 a.m. prayer services was ambushed and shot by three people Sunday morning. The victim, a doctor, has been taken to the hospital and is expected to...

These over-grown adolescents now skip away from the awful results of their folly Writing of the British intellectuals who fell for Stalin, George Orwell came up with a sentence that applies as well to today's conservativ...

Sheikha Hasina implores fighters to "stop killing in the name of religion" after 20 foreigners were slain at a cafe.

The dispute between the state of Israel and the Bedouin village of Araqib dates back three generations.

Officials say 18 people killed by suspected Isis attack in Karada district A car bomb that exploded in a central Baghdad district killed 18 people and wounded 45, according to Iraqi hospital and police officials. The att...

In Europe and the West, Islamic State operatives have been instructed to kill at random, but more care is seemingly taken to plan attacks in majority-Muslim nations like Bangladesh.

Animal euthanised after woman's body found inside its enclosure at Spanish zoo A tiger has attacked and killed a zookeeper in its cage at a Spanish animal park. The discovery of the female keeper's body was made at aroun...

Bombs went off early Sunday in two crowded commercial areas in Baghdad, killing at least 23 people and wounding 61, according to hospital and police officials. …

Tensions rise ahead of verdict due on 12 July on territorial dispute between China and Philippines China will hold military drills around the disputed Paracel Islands in the South China Sea, the country's maritime safety...

Japanese consultants, Italian businesspeople and three students from American universities killed in siege at the Holey Artisan Bakery Three students at US universities reported dead in Dhaka attack Twenty hostages were ...

South Korean intelligence service says Kim binges on food and suffers from insomnia because of fear of being assassinated Kim Jong-un has gained about 40kg (90lb) in weight since becoming North Korean leader four years a...

Former prime minister Tony Blair says "we should keep our options open" on the UK leaving the European Union.

Prime minister says Australians could be forced to wait until the end of next week to find out who is in charge of their government after a knife-edge national election raised the prospect of a hung parliament

Prayers were offered at a vigil for the children killed, surviving son and their mother who is charged in their deaths with four counts of first degree murder while committing aggravated child neglect

Leader of conservative Les Republicains party announces he will step down as its head, paving the way to enter primaries ahead of 2017 contest The former French president Nicolas Sarkozy has confirmed he will run again f...

Two Old Etonians - David Cameron and Boris Johnson - were dispatched in quick succession as the race to Downing Street was whittled down to a state school-educated vicar's daughter and the adopted son of an Aberdeen busi...

On Desert Island Discs, Matthew Barzun reveals the difficulties of explaining American gun laws, his Prince night with Barack Obama and his thoughts on Donald Trump For most young Britons the United States is now synonym...

Egypt's government-sanctioned human rights body says it has received reports of torture and forced disappearances, reflecting the findings of local and international human rights groups. …

President says government will help Syrians by offering them the chance to acquire Turkish nationality.

Family of Medhanie Berhe and victims of Medhanie Mered to testify mistaken identity by British and Italian police The trial of an alleged Eritrean smuggler extradited to Italy will formally begin in Sicily this week, wit...

The nightmare isn't over yet for the victims of the July 2012 mass shooting in an Aurora, Colo., movie theater. Thirty survivors and family members of those killed in the tragedy -- which took place at a Cinemark multipl...

Syrian President Bashar Assad has issued a presidential decree forming a new Syrian government following parliament elections that were held in April. …