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Last week, Israeli police said six Arab Israelis were arrested on suspicion of planning to travel to Syria to join IS

Syrian president says situation in Syria had "improved in a very good way" since Russia began air strikes on Sept 30

Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian has been sentenced to an unspecified prison term

Two unidentified attackers opened shots at the vehicle and wounded reporter Rajib Sen

Virgin Air chairman questions if all Americans will be blamed for the past actions of Ku Klux Klan

The government authorised distribution of antidote for chemical weapons to civilian emergency services on Saturday

Central Brussels, usually bustling on a Saturday evening, was virtually deserted, with police and troops on patrol

National anti-terrorism committee says all of them were participants in armed gang whose members swore loyalty to IS

Assignment was intended to help students grasp the goals of terrorist groups and the methods they use to gain support

Brazilian ecologist Sergio Ricardo plans to repopulate the Guanabara Bay by raising fish in huge seawater tanks

Carson said allowing refugees into the United States would put Americans at risk

State-run newspaper says many miners were sleeping in huts when landslide occurred

The temblor was shallow, at a depth of 15.1 miles

Restaurant search website Zomato, food delivery app TinyOwl and property portal Housing.com are all letting staff go

Kerry will visit Israel and the Palestinian territory next week for the first time in more than a year

Research suggests patients cared for at teaching hospitals do significantly better than in community hospitals

FBI says it is aware of reports of an alleged threat that includes an Atlanta, Georgia venue and event

Psychologists who studied the effects of the 9/11 attacks say that few experience prolonged symptoms of trauma

Obama hopes Russia helps tackle the Islamic State by agreeing to leadership transition in Syria

Jesse Hughes of band Eagles of Death Metal speaks to Vice in interview that airs on its website next week

Attack is likely to further increase tensions between Russia and Ukraine

Canadian police says investigation into bomb threat is in its early stages

The swim was also aimed at promoting women's empowerment in Sudan

Russian and Syrian warplanes carry out more than 70 strikes in eastern Deir Ezzor province

Jawadi said the gunmen kept eight hostages, all from the Hazara ethnic group

Supporters of ruling Awami League greeted the executions by holding street parties, distributing sweets to children

The 67-year-old Mujahid was sentenced to death for war crimes such as the killing of the country's top intellectuals

Kerry will travel to Abu Dhabi, Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, and Ramallah, State Department spokesperson said in a statement

President Abdul Hamid turned down pleas just hours after the two leaders sought pardon in a bid to escape the gallows

The march is the second this week in the southwest while thousands have taken to the streets in other parts of France

The rally began with a minute's silence for the victims of the attacks in Paris last week which left 130 people dead

There were differing accounts on whether it was a foreign or a domestic aircraft

Canadian media reports come amid fears that IS militants could slip into the country posing as refugees

Taliban's seizure prompted Washington to prolong the 14-year-old US military engagement in Afghanistan

Al-Azhar, which operates a university, has regularly denounced violence by the Islamic State group

The fate of the Arak reactor in central Iran was one of the toughest sticking points in the long nuclear negotiations

Assault on Radisson Blu hotel in Bamako came a week after militants unleashed a spate of gun and bomb attacks in Paris

Australia is leading the search for the plane which mysteriously disappeared on March 8 2014 with 239 people on board

Maison, who was missing several teeth and dressed in torn overalls, beat off 5 other contestants for Mr Ugly prize

Airline says it wants to promote women’s empowerment

Bich posted a screenshot of his passport on Facebook after his account was blocked thrice

Under a law introduced in 2013 on the pope's bidding, the accused risk up to eight years in jail

Ali Mujahid and Salahuddin Chowdhury are facing execution for their roles in 1971 independence war

Muslim marine trended worldwide after Rashid tweeted to Trump with a photo of his US Marine Corps ID card

Dobrynya to replace Diesel, a Belgian Shepherd killed in a huge raid north of Paris last Wednesday

Woman's ex-husband had express concerns regarding Pakistan's security situation

Separately, Turkey deported a group of Moroccans detained at Istanbul's main airport this week

Security staff at the Colosseum already had hand-held metal detectors but the upgrade will ensure greater protection

Gunmen stopped three night buses in Zabul province, on the main road between Kabul and the southern city of Kandahar

Obama has been frustrated to see a trip to Malaysia and the Philippines overshadowed once again