KIRKUK, IRAQ (dpa) - Iraq on Friday unleashed a series of airstrikes on Hawija, one of the last areas that are still under the control of the extremist militia in the country, a military statement...

NEW YORK, dpa correspondents (dpa)- A resolution drafted by the United States on tougher sanctions against North Korea over its latest nuclear test includes a proposal to freeze leader Kim Jon Un's...

GENEVA, Albert Otti (dpa) - UN rights investigators have concluded that Syria's air force carried out a deadly nerve gas attack in April that drew international condemnation, while Russian strikes...

BEIRUT (dpa)- DNA tests of remains found in eastern Lebanon confirmed the bodies are of Lebanese soldiers who were abducted by the Islamic State militia, the soldiers' families were told. Eight...

GENEVA (dpa)- The nerve agent attack in Syria on April 4 that killed more than 80 people in the rebel-held town of Khan Sheikhoun was carried out by the Syrian air force, a team of UN rights...

TOKYO/SEOUL, dpa correspondents (dpa) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Russia this week to discuss the North Korean nuclear crisis, Tokyo said on...

VIENNA (dpa) - The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) could host bilateral talks between its members Russia and the United States, the new head of the regional group, Thomas...

WASHINGTON (dpa)- The UN Security Council will hold an emergency meeting to discuss North Korea's most recent nuclear test, which Pyongyang claimed involved a hydrogen bomb that can be loaded onto an...

BERLIN, Friederike Heine and Andrew McCathie (dpa) - The main rival to German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Martin Schulz, said he would cancel EU membership negotiations with Turkey if he won in...