At least 35 fighters of the Islamic State (IS) militant group were killed Saturday by the strikes of the U.S.-led anti-terror coalition in northern Syria, the oppositional Syrian Observatory for Human Rights was cited by the pan-Arab al-Mayadeen TV as saying.
The Islamic State (IS) militant group has taken part of a strategic mountain overlooking the predominantly Kurdish city of Kobane in northern Syria after intense battles with Kurdish militants, the oppositional Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported on Sunday.
American warplanes continued their airstrikes on the Islamic State militant group in northern Iraq on Friday and Saturday, destroying some of its military vehicles, the U.S. Central Command said.
North China's Liaoning Province is suffering the harshest drought in 63 years, and things could get worse.
The United States, Britain and France have begun to offer food, water and other badly needed supplies to displaced civilians stranded by Islamic State (IS) militants in mountainous northern Iraq.
Kurds retake two towns from IS in northern IraqKurdish forces retook two towns from the Islamic State militants in northern Iraq on Sunday as the U.S. military continued to launch airstrikes against targets of the extremist group, local media reported.
An evacuation was conducted in an airport in northern Norway on Sunday morning after possible explosives were found in luggage.
A total of 1,228 drug related cases were exposed in northern Shan State of Myanmar in 2013, up 276 cases compared with the same period of 2012, official media reported Monday.
The Obama administration has suspended non-lethal aid to northern Syria after a rebel group seized bases and warehouses from the Western-backed Supreme Military Council (SMC), the State Department said Wednesday.
The British royal couple, Prince Charles and his wife Camilla Parker Bowles, arrived in Dehradun, northern India Wednesday to start a nine-day tour of India, reported Press Trust of India.
Explosions and ensuing gunfight took place early Monday morning at the northern edge of Kabul International Airport with feared casualties, a security official said.
Sandstorms will continue to sweep most parts of northwest China on Wednesday, the National Meteorological Center forecast.
French President Francois Hollande said on Monday France and its African partners are winning the battle against Islamist rebels in northern Mali.
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