A half-built mosque in the northwestern German town of Dormagen has been spray painted with swastikas and racist slogans. The act of vandalism comes as anti-Islamic demonstrations continue t... Read more

Reporters Without Borders says a total of 66 journalists lost their lives in connection to their work so far this year, warning about the rise of what it calls “barbaric” attacks on correspo... Read more

Heavily armed police have stormed a cafe in central Sydney, ending a siege where a gunman had been holding hostages since Monday morning. Loud explosions and yelling could be heard from outs... Read more

NEW DELHI/SYDNEY: Australian police locked down the center of the country’s biggest city on Monday after an armed assailant walked into a downtown Sydney cafe, took hostages and forced... Read more

Islamic State controls much of northern and western Iraq as well as parts of Syria An Iraqi military helicopter has been shot down by Islamic State militants near the Sunni-dominated city of... Read more

More than 120 international figures have warned of an increasing risk of nuclear war amid global tensions and insecure stockpiles, calling for urgent action to minimize the threat. The warni... Read more

US Secretary of State John Kerry says Washington wants Iran’s help in campaign against the ISIL terrorist group, noting that the impact could be “positive”. “I think it’s self-evident that i... Read more

The United Nations General Assembly has overwhelmingly adopted an Arab-backed resolution urging Israel to join the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). The assembly approved of the resolution in... Read more

A British charity has warned that hundreds of thousands of disabled Britons are waiting for adequate housing, accusing the Tory-led coalition government of failing those with disabilities.Th... Read more

Ayatollah Khamenei has so far backed the nuclear talks and his reference to the future indicates that the extension of the talks Western powers will not be able to bring Iran to its knees in... Read more