Iraqi security forces foiled an attack Sunday by Islamic State (IS) militants against the city of Tikrit, killing five IS militants, a provincial security source said.
A total of 1,325 Iraqis were killed and 1,811 others injured in terrorist attacks and violence in August in Iraq, the UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) said in a statement on Tuesday.
The Greek ferry "Elefteros Venizelos" brought almost 2,500 new migrants from Syria in the Greek port Pireia on Tuesday, Greek media reported.
France gunman shooting at a Thalys high-speed train linking Amsterdam to Paris, which left three wounded passengers, raised question over the government's ability to secure public transport.
A parliamentary investigation panel on Sunday found former prime minister Nuri al-Maliki and dozens of security and political officials responsible for the fall of Iraq's northern city of Mosul to Islamic State (IS) militant group, officials said.
53 killed in truck boming at Baghdad marketplace
U.S. President Barack Obama will host his South Korean counterpart Park Geun-hye in the White House on Oct. 16 to discuss bilateral and global issues, the White House announced Wednesday.
Norwegian police on Thursday charged a security guard with perjury after he confessed to shooting himself and placing a bomb-like object at the University of Oslo that caused a bomb scare drama around the campus the day before, local media reported.
The Israeli security cabinet on Sunday called for a crackdown on Jewish extremists with harsher measures following an arson attack which killed a Palestinian toddler.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Sunday that the nuclear deal reached between Iran and world powers would make Egypt and the region "safer than they otherwise would be."
Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza has given one week to investigators to identify killers of former Intelligence Chief Lieutenant General Adolphe Nshimirimana assassinated Sunday morning, the president said Sunday evening in a message to the nation.
The Brazilian government announced Thursday that it will mobilize 85,000 police and military personnel to guarantee security during the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, more than twice the number for the London Games.
The Taliban-led militancy has intensified in northern parts of the conflict-ridden Afghanistan as fighting between insurgents and security forces has been continuing in the northern Saripul and parts of Kunduz provinces over the past two days.
The Japanese cabinet on Tuesday released a defense white paper for 2015 and in the slimmest such document in 10 years, a large portion was used to describe "China' s military threat."
South Korea's Defense Ministry said Friday that it has invited the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) to a Seoul-hosted regional security forum scheduled for September.
Iraqi security forces Wednesday repelled an attack by Islamic State (IS) militants, including a suicide bombing in the oil refinery town of Baiji in the Salahudin province, killing at least 12 IS militants and 12 security members, a provincial security source said.
China's military Thursday established its first think tank for national security studies at the National Defense University of the People's Liberation Army (PLA).
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