Tokyo: Japan's space agency said a rocket carrying eight satellites failed just after liftoff on Wednesday and had to be aborted by a self-destruction command, in the country's first failed...

London: The head of Britain's cyber-intelligence agency is accusing China of using its economic and technological clout to clamp down at home and exert control abroad, saying Beijing's aggressive stance...

Dubai: Iran intensified its crackdown Tuesday on Kurdish areas in the country's west amid protests sparked by the death of a 22-year-old woman detained by the morality police, activists said....

Kyiv: Russia unleashed a lethal barrage of strikes against multiple Ukrainian cities Monday, smashing civilian targets including downtown Kyiv where at least six people were killed amid burnt-out cars and...

Dubai: Workers at the site of a major complex of refineries crucial for Iran's massive offshore natural gas field protested on Monday over the death of a 22-year-old woman, online...

San Juan (Puerto Rico):  The United Nations Security Council was evaluating options including the immediate activation of foreign troops to help free Haiti from the grip of gangs that has...

Sulimaniyah: Anti-government demonstrations erupted Saturday in several locations across Iran as the most sustained protests in years against a deeply entrenched theocracy entered their fourth week. At least two people...

Jerusalem: A Palestinian opened fire on an Israeli military checkpoint in east Jerusalem on Saturday night, killing a female Israeli soldier and wounding three other people, Israeli authorities said. The...

United Nations:  A key meeting of the UN Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee in Mumbai later this month will be a "tribute and statement" to the horrific 26/11 terror attacks and...

Geneva: The UN's top human rights body voted on Friday to appoint an independent expert to step up scrutiny of Russia's rights record at home as arbitrary arrests, a crackdown...