LONDON — British Prime Minister David Cameron broke off his holiday yesterday for talks on the threat posed by IS militants following the “shocking and depraved” apparent beheading of US journalist James Foley. Cameron was returning to his Downing ...

CAIRO — Kurdish Peshmerga forces operating with US air cover yesterday regained the Iraq's strategic Mosul Dam from the militants, a Kurdish official said. “Fighting is ongoing at the Mosul Dam and we have caused big losses to ISIS group and now more ...

No one doubts the latest EU and US economic sanctions on Russia will inflict significant costs, but whether they can force Moscow to reverse course in Ukraine is a completely different question. The United States has been making life difficult for Cuba for ...

GAZA/JERUSALEM — Israel knocked out Gaza's only power plant, flattened the home of its Hamas political leader and pounded dozens of other high-profile targets in the enclave yesterday. However, Israel and Hamas have agreed in principle to a ceasefire ...

TRIPOLI — A huge blaze was still raging at a fuel depot near Tripoli's airport yesterday while a Libyan paramilitary fighter jet crashed in the eastern city of Benghazi during fighting with insurgent groups. Amid increasing lawlessness and uncertainty, France, ...

The United States evacuated its embassy in Libya on Saturday, driving diplomats across the border into Tunisia under heavy military escort after escalating clashes broke out between rival militias in Tripoli. Security in the Libyan capital has deteriorated ...

NEW YORK — The UN Security Council calls for a ceasefire between the Israelis and Palestinians, and expresses “serious concerns” over the protection of civilians on both sides. The 15 members nations called for “de-escalation of the situation, restoration of ...

BRUSSELS — The European Union warned it could impose more sanctions on Moscow unless pro-Russian rebels act to wind down the crisis in the east of the country by Monday. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko came to Brussels to sign a far-reaching ...

KIEV — Ukrainian separatists agreed yesterday to resume peace talks to end the conflict in the east, but President Petro Poroshenko warned he might not extend a ceasefire beyond this night if their gesture was aimed only at buying time. The move by the ...

KIEV — Ukrainian separatists agreed yesterday to resume peace talks to end the conflict in the east, but President Petro Poroshenko warned he might not extend a ceasefire beyond this night if their gesture was aimed only at buying time. The move by the ...

KIEV — Ukraine's new president Petro Poroshenko said his country would never give up Crimea and would not compromise on its course towards closer ties with Europe, spelling out a combative and defiant message to Russia in his inaugural speech ...

CAIRO — Egypt's President-elect Abdel Fattah al Sisi yesterday urged his countrymen to work to restore stability and achieve “freedom” and “social justice”, in a speech after he was declared winner of last week's election. Sisi's appeal mirrored the slogan of ...

HOMS — Syrian forces say they will take full control yesterday over Homs, a city once vibrant with pro-democracy crowds but now associated with images of ruin that epitomise the brutality of Syria's civil war. After holding the Old City of Homs for nearly two ...

BARCELONA — World No 1 Rafael Nadal suffered his first defeat in Barcelona since 2003 yesterday when compatriot Nicolas Almagro ended his 41-match winning run in the Spanish city. Top seed Nadal, the eight-time Barcelona Open champion, lost 2-6, ...

DAMASCUS — An independent Syrian lawmaker registered yesterday as the first challenger in a June presidential election widely expected to return incumbent Bashar al Assad to power despite a raging civil war. Assad's government hit back at a torrent of ...

DAMASCUS — An independent Syrian lawmaker registered yesterday as the first challenger in a June presidential election widely expected to return incumbent Bashar al Assad to power despite a raging civil war. Assad's government hit back at a torrent of ...

WASHINGTON — A vast ocean of water could be lurking under the thick ice of one of Saturn's moons, according to findings published by Science magazine. A sea up to 10 km deep lies beneath 40 km of ice at the south pole of Enceladus, extending over most ...

WASHINGTON — A vast ocean of water could be lurking under the thick ice of one of Saturn's moons, according to findings published by Science magazine. A sea up to 10 km deep lies beneath 40 km of ice at the south pole of Enceladus, extending over most ...

WASHINGTON — A vast ocean of water could be lurking under the thick ice of one of Saturn's moons, according to findings published by Science magazine. A sea up to 10 km deep lies beneath 40 km of ice at the south pole of Enceladus, extending over most ...

WASHINGTON — A vast ocean of water could be lurking under the thick ice of one of Saturn's moons, according to findings published by Science magazine. A sea up to 10 km deep lies beneath 40 km of ice at the south pole of Enceladus, extending over most ...