MURSITPINAR, TURKEY, Burak Akinci with Rana Moussaoui in Beirut- Attacking Islamic State jihadists met firm Kurdish resistance Sunday in the Syrian battleground town of Kobane, but in Iraq they put...

LONDON, UK- Hundreds gathered for a memorial service for Alan Henning, the British hostage beheaded by Islamic State jihadists, celebrating the aid volunteer as a hero on Sunday. Friends and family,...

STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN, Hugues Honore- The winner of the Nobel economics prize is notoriously hard to predict, but it's usually an American male opposed to big government and big spending. This puts the...

SURUC, TURKEY, Fulya Ozerkan with Sara Hussein in Beirut- Islamic State jihadists captured the headquarters Friday of Kurdish fighters defending the Syrian border town of Kobane, with a UN envoy...

GAZA CITY, PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES, Mai Yaghi- The Palestinian unity government held its first ever meeting in the war-ravaged Gaza Strip on Thursday as its rival factions presented a common front...

WASHINGTON, US- Superfast Internet connections are likely open up new kinds of communication such as "telepresence" and improve services such as remote health care, a survey of experts showed...

MURSITPINAR, TURKEY, Fulya Ozerkan with Sara Hussein in Beirut- Jihadists are on the verge of seizing the key Syrian border town of Kobane, neighbouring Turkey warned Tuesday, prompting the UN envoy...

PARIS, FRANCE- Scientists said Sunday they had pinpointed nearly 700 genetic variations that determine human height, more than tripling the haul in research that could aid the fight against...

WASHINGTON, US- The US military has started flying attack helicopters against Islamic State militants in Iraq for the first time, officials said Monday, marking an escalation in the air war that puts...