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In meeting with military, Trump talks of 'calm before the storm'
The White House did not immediately reply to a request to clarify Trump’s remark
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UN blacklists Saudi-led coalition for killing children in Yemen
According to report, coalition was responsible for 683 of total 1,340 child casualties last year in Yemen
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War too profitable for some to allow peace in Afghanistan
Speakers say despite the US surges, Taliban today stronger than ever
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Iran slaps ban on hookahs in holy city of Qom
Smoking tobacco in public places has been officially forbidden in Iran since 2006
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Las Vegas shooter also considered Boston and Chicago: reports
Hundreds of thousands attended the music festival at Chicago's Grant Park
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Trump suggests Senate investigate journalists
Trump has long railed against what he sees as unfair press coverage
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Saudi Arabia agrees to buy Russian S-400 air defence system
Report surfaces during a visit by Saudi King Salman to Moscow
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Ex-Qaeda group denies leader injured in Russia strike
Hayat Tahrir al-Sham denies what was circulated in the media about the injury of Sheikh Abu Mohamed al-Jolani
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Germany redeploys anti-IS surveillance jets to Jordan
Long tense German-Turkish ties plunged to a new low after last year's failed coup against President Erdogan
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Saudi king tells Putin Iraqi territorial integrity must be preserved
'Political solution to the conflict in Syria must be found that keeps that country in one piece'
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Narendra Modi lashes out at critics over Indian economy slowdown
Says he won’t jeopardise India’s future and govt is committed to "reversing the trend"
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After British PM May's speech debacle, her party puzzles: Who next?
“Yesterday was humiliating for May,” said one EU diplomat
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‘India has highest number of slaves’: IB recommends campaign to ‘discredit’ information
Warns that ILO-WFF report has enough potential to substantially harm country’s image and exports
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Japanese-born British novelist Kazuo Ishiguro wins 2017 Nobel Prize for Literature
The prize is named after dynamite inventor Alfred Nobel and has been awarded since 1901
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Trump says he has 'total confidence' in Tillerson
'It was fake news. It was a totally phony story'
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Erdogan, Iran close ranks after Iraq Kurd referendum
'Some leaders of Iraq's Kurdistan region have made erroneous decisions which must be corrected'
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Sultan of bling: Brunei monarch marks golden jubilee in style
The sultan only comes behind one sovereign in terms of having the longest reign - Britain's Queen Elizabeth II
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Lovelorn koala nabbed after zoo escape in hunt for mate
The two-year-old was eventually found stuck in a nearby tree after a 'Houdini-style' escape
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Facing legal limbo, 'Dreamers' line up for last chance to renew status
Thursday is the last chance that the Obama-era scheme's beneficiaries have to submit renewal applications
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Polluted lake is poor Nicaraguans' lifeline
Lake Managua is one of the biggest freshwater bodies in Central America
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Thousands queue to pay last respects to Thailand's late King Bhumibol
250,000 mourners are expected to attend the royal cremation
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Australia creates photo ID database to help track terror suspects
Turnbull said the database was intended to accelerate the process of identifying potential terror suspects
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Transgender metalhead makes historic run for US office
She races to become the first openly transgender person elected to office in this Republican US state.
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Muslim-American shown being dragged off US flight in viral video claims racial profiling
'Police dragged her through aisle with torn pants, humiliated her for world to see in viral video," says lawyer
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India struggles to rein in border flows of cattle and Rohingya
Stopping the cattle smugglers is not easy.
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No Indian troops in Afghanistan because of Pakistan: US defence secretary
Mattis says open border trade between India and Pakistan would help in bringing stability in the region
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Claims of responsibility for attacks by IS 'fake news'?
The FBI said it had so far found "no connection" between the shooter and any international terrorist group.
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Russia says kills 7 Nusra Front field commanders in Syria air strike
Russia said on Wednesday it had critically injured a leader of the Tahrir al-Sham militant group
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Afghan president has 'worst job on Earth': Ghani
Ghani says the ultimate aim is a peace agreement with the Taliban
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Iraqi military captures Hawija from Islamic State
The only area remaning under control of Islamic State now is a stretch alongside Iraq's western border with Syria
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Under fire Tillerson forced to deny rift with Trump
'Rex Tillerson has been dealt a bad hand by the POTUS & has played it badly'
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Amnesty condemns 'forced' returns of Afghan asylum seekers
Returnees face an uncertain future in Afghanistan which is struggling with high unemployment
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North Korea’s Kim ‘very rational’,says CIA
"We have a tendency in this country to underestimate his conservatism," the official stated
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Putin says extending OPEC deal ‘possible’
24 oil producing countries agreed in late 2016 to reduce output by around 1.8 million barrels per day
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Google announces new Pixel smartphone
Google chief says the new devices showcase the tech giant's artificial intelligence
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Border violation: 11 mortar shells fired from Iran land in Panjgur
Islamabad strongly protests on diplomatic level
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13 Spanish citizens arrested in Morocco over record cocaine haul
Suspected masterminds of the operation are two Dutch citizens of Moroccan origin
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Tillerson denies considered resigning from Trump admin
'I have learned there are some who try to sow dissension to advance their own agenda'
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Women-only Cambridge college to accept transgender students
'Society is changing and there is now a greater understanding of the complexities of gender'
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'Most powerful' Lebanese woman fired for 'liking' anti-Saudi Arabia tweet
Major Suzan Hajj Hobeiche was the head of the Cybercrime and Intellectual Property Bureau
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Turkey sentences 34 to life in jail over Erdogan death plot
The defendants include senior military officers accused of plotting last year's failed coup against Erdogan
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Another Spanish king's speech in troubled times
Fallout from Catalonia's banned referendum vote is considered Spain's worst political crisis
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Man reciting Biblical verses terrifies train passengers in Britain
Scare caused passengers to force open train doors to escape
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iPhone saves woman's life during Las Vegas shooting spree
It is unclear where or how the concertgoer was holding her phone
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The white 'lone wolf' in a world of coloured 'terrorists'
White criminals are often more humanised than other individuals who commit acts of ‘terrorism’
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Giant python attacks Indonesian man before being eaten
Sutarja tried to catch the giant python and stuff it in a gunny sack when it bit him
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Erdogan visits Iran as ties warm amid shared fears
The two governments fear secession of Iraq's Kurds would stoke separatist sentiment among their own Kurdish minorities
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Bomb blast in southeast Turkey kills three soldiers, wounds five
A large number of armoured vehicles were sent to the area to capture the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants
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Chinese smartphones maker Oppo cleared to open own stores in India
Move will help Oppo expand its reach in the world’s third-largest smartphones market
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Four Turkish troops killed in attack blamed on Kurd rebels
Another four soldiers were injured when a handmade bomb detonated