Says ISIL is not an 'Islamic State', rather it is an appalling, barbarous regime

US Secretary of State John Kerry warned Monday it was too soon to tell if a nuclear deal with Iran is possible

Over 500 suspects arrested, over 2.8 tonnes of cocaine and hundreds of vehicles seized in operations

"I feel like I'm voting for sudden death or slow death"

Merkel says if "capability to find compromises is lost, then Europe is lost"

The Beijing Times reports 962 kilometres have melted away over the centuries

Provincial health minister says 60 to 65% of the heatstroke victims were beggars and heroin addicts, street people

Witnesses say one of the charred vehicles belonged to prosecutor, Hisham Barakat, who has been taken to hospital

Several mosques being investigated for inciting terrorism and if found to be doing so, "will be shut down"

Hashemi was found guilty of stabbing to death Ibolya Ryan in a shopping mall toilet