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A U.S. official, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss a high-profile militant, said the transfer to Iraqi Kurdish custody “was done with the knowledge and consent of the Iraqi government in Baghdad”.

Palestinian ambassador to Jordan, Atallah Khairi, told Jordanian newspaper al-Ghad that the decision was taken following an arson attack by suspected Jewish settlers which killed Palestinian infant Ali Dawabsha and critically injured his father, mother and four-year-old brother.

Some 300 firefighters were combating the flames on Friday, with the fire fanned by strong winds and aided by scorching temperatures.

If only he could tell us exactly what kind of Iron Dome he plans to provide us with at the moment that Iran’s breakout time – as he said in a radio interview a few months ago – reaches almost zero, in “year 13, 14, 15” of the dea...

A Palestinian health official said at least four Palestinians from the same family were killed and 13 people were wounded in the Gaza Strip Thursday by an explosion of Israeli military ordnance left over from last summer’s war.

Sparks’ party was one of about 10 debate watch parties that the El Paso County Republican Party encouraged precinct leaders to hold and invite their neighbors and friends.

August 8 One member of Afghanistan’s North Atlantic Treaty Organisation force and two insurgents were killed in an overnight battle at a base used by special forces in Kabul, a U.S. official said on Saturday.

The brother of Mullah Mohammad Omar on Sunday joined a growing chorus of opposition to the opaque selection of the late Taliban leader’s successor, indicating widening rifts within the militant group as it weighs whether to revive peace talks or intensify its 14-year...

Typhoon Soudelor made landfall Saturday morning (August 8) just north of the Taiwanese city of Hualien on the east coast of the island, bringing fierce winds and torrential rain.

“We will do everything in our power politically so that peace and stability return to Syria”, said Iranian President Hassan Rowhani during a meeting with Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem.

Private visitors a day earlier will include North Atlantic Treaty Organisation Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, a former Labor Party leader who was also Norway’s prime minister at the time of the massacre. “22nd of july will forever be a part of the story of Utoya,...

A woman hangs on to her umbrella in Taipei.

Yolanda may look like an ordinary, lovable dog, but the Red Paw Emergency Relief Team said she is actually a superhero who saved her owner when a house fire broke out in their Philadelphia, PA home Thursday.

A wave of attacks on Afghan police, army and North Atlantic Treaty Organisation installations in Kabul has killed at least 42 people and wounded hundreds, dashing hopes that Taliban insurgents might be weakened by a leadership struggle after news of their longtime leader’s...

Energy policy was nearly absent during the two-hour show in Cleveland, and none of the top 10 candidates mentioned President Obama’s controversial Clean Power Plan. She clearly believed everything Romney said in the 47 percent video and wanted the dark horse candidates to...