4 hours agoChemical attack investigative team to start work next yearA new investigative team being set up to apportion blame for poison gas and nerve agent attacks in Syria will be ready to start work early next year, the chief of the global chemical weapons watchdog said Tuesday.
1 day agoPakistan frees 2 Taliban members as US envoy visits regionPakistan released two Taliban officials on Monday during U.S. envoy Zalmay Khalilzad's latest visit to the region, in what could be part of American efforts to revive peace talks with the insurgent group, which now controls nearly half of Afghanistan.
1 day agoTrump could designate Iran-backed Yemen rebels as terror group, report saysThe Trump administration is reported to be contemplating designating Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi militia a terrorist organization, igniting the debate or whether or not such a label will bring the protracted to war to close faster.
3 days agoBurma doubles down on claims to justify treatment of Rohingya minorityRepatriation efforts for Rohingya Muslims who have fled from Burma to Bangladesh in the face of alleged ethnic cleansing – even genocide – at the hands of the Buddhist-majority Burmese military are slated to begin this month. However, much of the international community and human rights groups have expressed grave concern that a return is only a recipe for further persecution. Yet even as allegations of widespread abuse pile up, the government of Burma – officially now known as Myanmar – and its permanent representative to the United Nations are doubling-down with the narrative that they are merely attempting to stop violent Islamic “extremism” from spreading.
3 days agoAustralia police: Melbourne attacker also planned explosionAustralia police said Saturday a man who fatally stabbed another and injured two in what they described as a terrorist attack in central Melbourne had also planned to set off an explosion.
4 days agoThe Latest: IS claims responsibility for Australia attackThe Latest on a knife attack in Melbourne (all times local): 10:45 p.m.
4 days agoAustralia cops eye terrorism in stabbing rampage leaving 1 dead, 2 injuredA knife attack that left one dead and two others wounded Friday in Australia’s second-largest city in the middle of rush hour is linked to terrorism, police said.
4 days agoAustralian police say stabbing attack linked to terrorismA knife-wielding man stabbed three people, one fatally, in Australia's second-largest city on Friday in an attack police linked to terrorism.
November 5The Latest: Israeli PM praises US sanctions on IranThe Latest on the situation in Iran after the re-imposition of all American sanctions on the country on Monday (all times local): 5:45 p.m. Israel's prime minister is lauding the newly restored U.S. sanctions against Iran as "historic," saying they will "strangle" what he described as Iranian state-sponsored terrorism.
November 2Islamic attack against Coptic Christians pilgrims kills at least 7 in EgyptIslamic militants on Friday ambushed two buses carrying Christian pilgrims on their way to a remote desert monastery south of the Egyptian capital of Cairo, killing seven and wounding up to 16, according to the Interior Ministry and security officials.