Kabul: An earthquake struck eastern Afghanistan early Wednesday, killing at least 155 people, authorities said. Information remained scarce on the magnitude 6 temblor that struck Paktika province. The state-run Bakhtar...

Dubai:  A US Navy warship fired a warning flare to wave off an Iranian Revolutionary Guard speedboat coming straight at it during a tense encounter in the strategic Strait of...

New York: The Nobel Peace Prize auctioned off by Russian journalist Dmitry Muratov to raise money for Ukrainian child refugees sold Monday night for $103.5 million, shattering the old record...

Kyiv:  Russia's military machine persevered in its ferocious effort to grind down Ukraine's defences on Monday, as the war's consequences for food and fuel supplies increasingly weighed on minds around...

Kyiv (Ukraine): Four months of brutal fighting in Ukraine appear to be straining the morale of troops on both sides, prompting desertions and rebellion against officers' orders, British defense officials...

Prague (Czech Republic): Russia reduced natural gas to Europe again on Friday, including cutting flows by half to Italy and Slovakia and completely to France, as countries have worked to...

Jerusalem: Israeli forces shot dead three Palestinians and wounded at least eight others early Friday during a military operation in the occupied West Bank town of Jenin, according to the...

Kyiv:  The Russian military said Wednesday that it used long-range missiles to destroy a depot in the western Lviv region of Ukraine where ammunition for NATO-supplied weapons was being stored....

Lviv:  Sievierodonetsk, the main focus of the fighting in eastern Ukraine in recent weeks, isn't yet blocked off by Russian troops even though they control about 80% of the city...

Cairo:  The death toll from tribal clashes over the past week in Sudan's Darfur region has reached at least 125, the United Nations said Tuesday. The violence, the latest in...