One month after authorizing U.S. military to conduct airstrikes against the Islamic State (IS) forces in Iraq, U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday vowed that he "will not hesitate to take action" against the Islamic State in Syria.
An average of three children are murdered per day in South Africa, doubling the global rate, the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) revealed on Wednesday.
Lebanese Parliament stressed on Sunday that putting an end to the presidential vacuum must be a " priority," according to the Speaker Nabih Berri.
The Egyptian prosecution ordered on Wednesday to temporarily detain former Islamist president Mohamed Morsi for 15 days over charges of leaking "national security documents" to Qatar, official MENA news agency reported.
The Communist Party of China (CPC) will continue its fight against officials' undesirable work styles, a senior official said on Tuesday.
A court in Pakistan on Thursday ordered registration of murder cases against two former chiefs of U.S. CIA stationed in Islamabad for alleged role in the U.S. drone strikes in the country's tribal region, lawyers and anti-drone campaigners said.
The Philippine government ordered law enforcers Monday to intensify manhunt operation against those involved in the recent shooting spree in Quezon City in Metro Manila where at least seven people were killed.
Russia on Thursday vowed to retaliate upon new sanctions from the United States and Canada, but stressed it would not publicize those who were placed on the Russian blacklist.
Russian President Vladimir Putin Thursday called "anti-terror operation" conducted by Ukrainian troops in its east "a serious crime," warning of " consequences" if Kiev used the army against its own people.
Indonesia's anti-graft agency declared suspect status against the outgoing chief of Indonesian State Auditing Agency (BPK) Hadi Poernomo shortly after he retired from his post for his involvement in graft case that cost the state some 375 billion rupiah (about 32.4 million U.S. dollars).
Philippine provincial court of Batanes has ordered the arrest of eight Philippine Coast Guard ( PCG) personnel who face homicide charges for the fatal shooting of a Taiwanese fisherman in South China Sea in May last year.
Russia said Tuesday it has halted the transfer of military equipment and weaponry in Crimea to Ukraine, warning the West against weapons deliveries to the crisis-torn country.
India's human rights watchdog has asked the Delhi Police to take action against the national capital's former Law Minister Somnath Bharti for his controversial midnight raid on the residences of some Ugandan nationals in January this year, sources said Monday.
The United States said on Monday that it was "pretty shocked" to see 529 supporters of deposed Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi sentenced to death in a two-day trial, calling it a move that "defies logic."
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree to recognize Crimea as a sovereign and independent state, the Kremlin press service said Monday.
Pakistan on Thursday urged neighboring Afghanistan to stop militant from entering its territory as a result of the ongoing airstrikes in northwest tribal region.
South Korea on Monday strongly censured a deadly terrorist attack on a tourist bus carrying its nationals in southern Sinai, Egypt, vowing to do everything to take care of the victims.
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