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Attack on Iraqi military base kills at least 15: sources
Two of the bombers detonated their vehicle-borne explosives at the western gate of Camp Speicher
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UN chief 'deeply dismayed' by Saudi executions, calls for restraint
Ban had urged Saudi Arabia to commute all death sentences that had been imposed
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For Donald Trump, lessons from a brother’s suffering
Freddy Trump, failed to conform in a family dominated by a perfectionist patriarch and an aggressive brother
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Hindu nationalists gather for massive India rally
Analysts say RSS's influence has never been greater following election in May 2014 of Modi, a former RSS foot-soldier
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Saudi Arabia to face 'divine revenge' over cleric's execution: Khamenei
Iran president says Saudi embassy attack 'totally unjustifiable'
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Indian air base attack 'heinous terrorist act': US
The attack threatens to derail talks between nuclear-armed rivals India and Pakistan
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Another militant killed at Indian air base on day two of shootout
News of fresh assault comes a day after gunmen mounted brazen attack on the airbase killing three security personnel
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Four Israelis to be charged with anti-Arab 'terror': justice
Israel has been under heavy pressure to try those responsible for the attack, with rights groups questioning the delay
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Man who drove car at French troops had militant propaganda in computer: prosecutor
Prosecutor says he reportedly shouted 'Allah is great', which suggests some sort of religious element
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Shia anger after Saudi Arabia executes top cleric
Saudi Arabia's interior ministry said the executed men had been convicted of adopting the radical "takfiri" ideology
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Drowned toddler becomes first 2016 migrant casualty in the Aegean
The toddler's body was pulled out of the water by fishermen, according to the coastguard
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Police hunt for gunman after deadly Tel Aviv pub attack
The New Year's Day shooting came days after leader of Islamic State group threatened the Jewish state with violence
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'Serious concerns' over Saudi's execution of Shia cleric: EU
EU foreign policy chief says this case has also the potential of enflaming further the sectarian tensions
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Shock, anger after deadly Taliban attack on Kabul French eatery
Friday's powerful bombing of Le Jardin left the residential neighbourhood strewn with debris and wrecked cars
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Dubai blaze raises questions over Gulf skyscraper design
After emirate's third high-rise fire in three years, experts ask if heavy cladding made buildings vulnerable to fire
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Historic Vatican accord with Palestine takes effect
The accord was signed in June
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Anti-IS group claims cyber-attack on BBC, says was only a test
The cyber attack was a test of the hacking group's capabilities, say messages sent to a reporter at the broadcaster
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Driver 'wanted to kill soldiers' guarding French mosque: prosecutor
Witnesses said the driver deliberately accelerated his Peugeot car as he headed towards a group of four soldiers
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Turkey needs Israel, says Erdogan
Erdogan raises hackles in Israel with his sometimes inflammatory rhetoric towards the Jewish State
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Putin names United States among threats in new Russian security strategy
A new appraisal names the United States as one of the threats to Russia's national security for the first time
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French mosque imam posts inspiring message to support soldiers who protected it from attack
Abdallah Dliouah says the soldiers charged with the protection of the mosque are appreciated by worshippers
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Saudi-led coalition ending Yemen ceasefire, state news agency says
Nearly 6,000 people have been killed since the Saudi coalition entered the conflict in March, half of them civilians
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British troops could face charges over Iraq War: probe chief
Inquiry has heard evidence of at least 1,514 possible victims, 280 of whom are alleged to have been unlawfully killed
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Afghan forces free 59 prisoners from Taliban jail in south
Afghan Defence Ministry spokesperson says 37 freed captives were soldiers, 7 were policemen, the rest civilians
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FBI offers $5,000 reward after bacon found at Vegas mosque
Police says bacon was found on door knobs, ground and fences of the mosque
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Bahrain police fire tear gas at dozens protesting Saudi cleric's execution - witness
Demonstrators carrying pictures of the cleric, Nimr al-Nimr, faced security forces in a standoff
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China restructures military as Xi eyes 'strong army'
The formation of the new units comes with China acting more aggressively in territorial disputes
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US company fires 200 Muslim employees over prayer dispute
Company terminates Somalian immigrants who walked out claiming not enough was being done to accommodate prayer times
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Suicide bomber kills three in Somali capital, police say
The attacker, dressed in a business suit over a suicide vest, detonated the bomb after entering a Village Restaurant
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Dubai ruler's son among firefighters extinguishing hotel fire
Sheikh Mansoor bin Mohammed al-Maktoum was pictured in uniform among other Dubai Civil Defence officers
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Saudi Arabia says 47 executed on terror charges, including top Shia cleric
"The Islamic world is expected to cry out and denounce this infamous regime as much as it can" Ayatollah Ahmad...
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Cars torched outside US consulate in Tijuana: FBI
The official said that another vehicle was partially damaged
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Al Qaeda affiliate uses video of Donald Trump for recruiting
The west will eventually turn against its Muslim citizens, you either leave or you fight, the video said
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'Africa's biggest Jesus statue' unveiled in Nigeria
More than 100 priests and hundreds of Catholic worshippers attended the nine-metre statue's official unveiling
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'Trump is disgusting': Skywriters slam White House hopeful
The message read, America is great! Trump is disgusting
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Anne Frank's diary goes online despite rights dispute
Under a 1993 European law a book loses exclusive copyright at the start of the seventh decade after its author is dead
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Al-Qaeda militant escapes Mauritanian jail: security source
Cheikh Ould Saleck, on death row since 2011, was last seen by fellow inmates at Nouakchott central prison on Thursday,
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Man drives car at troops protecting mosque in southern France
A soldier and an elderly Muslim man slightly injured as a man drives his car at troops protecting a mosque
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Rival Taliban factions agree on ceasefire; leader Mansoor absent
Leadership of the Taliban has been in dispute since the confirmation last July of the death of its founder
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Two Indian Air Force men killed in attack on airbase near Pakistan
Four militants also killed during exchange of gunfire
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Man drives car at troops protecting mosque in southern France: mayor
France has been on high alert since Islamic State militants killed 130 people in Paris on November 13
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Crowds flood Algeria independence figure's hometown for burial
Ait-Ahmed was the last of the nine so-called "sons of Toussaint" who launched an uprising against French rule in 1954
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Saudi Arabia reopens embassy in Baghdad
The reopening will allow the two countries cooperate on security and against extremism, says Saudi ambassador to Iraq
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Shakespeare, Battle of Hastings on 2016 British coins
The centenary of World War I and Beatrix Potter will also be commemorated on special coins
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Briton detained for Amsterdam airport bomb hoax
A departure lounge lounge was cleared as a precaution for some 20 minutes
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Jean-wearing devotees barred from south India temples
We should dress for public worship in a way that is generally considered appropriate, the court said in the order
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Two killed, five wounded, in Tel Aviv shooting: officials
Police units search for suspect who carried out shooting with an automatic weapon at a pub
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Iran has more missiles than it can hide: General
Satement by Iran's Revolutionary Guards general comes as row with the US over ballistic missile programme deepens
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Taliban suicide attack targets French restaurant in Kabul
Taliban claim several foreigners were killed in the attack
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Erdogan cites Hitler's Germany to defend presidency plans
Erdogan wants to change Turkish constitution to turn the ceremonial role of president into that of a chief executive