Edinburgh Airport was closed on Tuesday afternoon while the police was investigating a suspicious package spotted in a security x-ray machine.
The United States on Sunday voiced support for Iraq's ongoing efforts to combat an al-Qaida affiliate as the group has taken control of a big city in the western province of Anbar.
A total of 55 al-Qaida-linked militants were killed on Saturday in their clashes with security forces and local Sunni tribesmen in western Iraq, state-run al- Iraqiya television reported.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon and the UN Security Council on Thursday strongly condemned a car bomb attack in the Lebanese capital of Beirut that killed at least six people and wounded 70 others.
U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Sunday voiced concern about the political climate in Egypt as the Arab country braces for a constitutional referendum next month amid growing violence.
The White House on Wednesday insisted on Afghanistan's signing of a security agreement with the United States "as soon as possible," warning the scenario of no U. S. military presence is not in the interest of the Asian nation.
The White House on Wednesday insisted on Afghanistan's signing of a security agreement with the United States "as soon as possible," warning the scenario of no U. S. military presence is not in the interest of the Asian nation.
Egypt's former president Hosni Mubarak was brought back to a Cairo criminal court, as former chief of staff of the armed forces Sami Anan will testify over charges against Mubarak, state-run Al Ahram website reported on Sunday.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry arrived on Thursday evening in Israel for another visit to the region to salvage negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians, a spokesperson for the U.S. embassy to Israel confirmed to Xinhua.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is facing pressure from Arab leaders to accept a U.S. security plan intended to quicken the process toward a Palestinian- Israel peace deal, sources said on Thursday.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will meet in Ramallah on Thursday to discuss the peace process and security concerns, a senior Palestinian source said on Tuesday.
U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel is scheduled to hold talks with Pakistani civil and military leaders about security issues on Monday, officials said.
Japan's Diet enacted a law on Wednesday, paving the way for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's government to create a U.S.-style National Security Council (NSC) responsible for inter-ministerial and government agency coordination on matters of foreign and defense policies and protocols.
Afghanistan's traditional Loya Jirga or grand assembly of tribal elders and notables after four-day debates approved a security pact know as Bilateral Security Agreement (BSA) with the United States on Sunday, deputy to the Jirga Abdul Karim Aymaq said while reading out the resolution issued at the end of the Jirga.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday called for a quick signing of a bilateral security agreement with Afghanistan after the country's tribal elders gave their blessing to the pact that governs future ties between Washington and Kabul.
The plenum of the Communist Party of China (CPC), which concluded last week, wasn't entirely about economic reform as expected, with the formation of a new national security commission turning out to be an eye-catching part of China's ambitious reform agenda.
With the thorny issue of granting immunity from suit to American servicemen assigned to Afghanistan reportedly resolved, analysts here said that the Loya Jirga, the highest policy-making body in the country, would likely approve the bilateral security agreement (BSA) between Washington and Kabul.