RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA- Jordan's King Abdullah II met his Saudi counterpart in Riyadh Sunday for talks as both nations participate in a US-led bombing campaign against Islamic State group extremists in...

OSLO, NORWAY, Pierre-Henry Deshayes- Malala Yousafzai vowed Wednesday to struggle for every child's right to go to school as she became the youngest ever Nobel laureate, sharing the peace prize with...

WASHINGTON, US, Jo Biddle- US rights activists fear their work around the globe may be hampered by revelations of a brutal CIA torture program, but hope confronting past transgressions can help...

BRUSSELS, BELGIUM- NATO is reviewing an Iraqi request for help building up its military as the government struggles to beat back extremist Islamic State (IS) jihadists, the alliance said Thursday....

LONDON, UK- Jihadist attacks around the world in November killed a total of 5,042 people, showing Islamist extremism is "stronger than ever" despite Al-Qaeda's declining role, a new study published...

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM- A British mother of six who hoped one of her sons would become a jihadist was on Thursday jailed for five years and three months after she used social media to encourage acts...

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND- Countries have more than doubled the number of Syrian refugees they are willing to resettle to over 100,000, the head of the UN refugee agency said Tuesday. "Today, 28 countries...

WASHINGTON, US, Jerome Cartillier- The US Senate will release a long-delayed report Tuesday into the CIA's brutal interrogation of Al-Qaeda suspects following the 2001 attacks, as American interests...

UNITED NATIONS, US- 2014 has been a devastating year for children with up to 15 million swept up in wars in the Central African Republic, Iraq, South Sudan, the Palestinian territories, Syria and...