SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA, Park Chan-Kyong- A South Korean official handling safety measures at a concert where 16 people died apparently committed suicide, hours after tragedy struck when a ventilation...

ISTANBUL, TURKEY, Stuart Williams- Turkey is turning a deaf ear to insistent pressure to take a more pro-active stance in the fight against Islamic State (IS) jihadists, adding to existing strains...

WASHINGTON, US- The Iraqi capital Baghdad is not facing immediate danger from Islamic State jihadists despite battlefield gains by the group in the country's west and recent car bombings in the city,...

WASHINGTON, US, Michael Mathes, with Burak Akinci in Mursitpinar, Turkey- US-led air strikes on a Syrian border town killed "several hundred" Islamic State fighters but it may still fall, officials...

LOS ANGELES, US- Harry Potter author JK Rowling is working on three new wizard-based movies to be released starting in 2016, studio giant Warner Bros announced Wednesday. The first, “Fantastic Beasts...

RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA, Ian Timberlake- A former employee of a US defence contractor shot dead one American colleague and wounded another in the Saudi capital Tuesday, officials said, in a rare attack...

CAIRO, EGYPT, Jay Deshmukh- A bomb exploded in the centre of the Egyptian capital Cairo late Tuesday wounding 12 people, security and medical officials said. A police officer on the scene told AFP...

WASHINGTON, US, Nicolas Revise- Military commanders from the US-led coalition against the Islamic State will meet in Washington on Tuesday to discuss ways to halt the jihadist group's relentless...

PARIS, FRANCE- Top athletes are often dogged by decaying teeth and gum disease, a performance-sapping problem in which sports drinks, high-carb diets and training regimes may play a part, specialists...