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Germany arrests man who may have sold guns to Paris attackers
The 34-year-old is now in custody on suspicion of arms trading
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Putin seeks map of forces not to bomb in Syria
The West has accused Moscow of targetting mostly-Western backed rebel groups fighting Syrian president
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Germany offers France recon jets, frigate for Islamic State fight
Offer will have to be formally approved by Chancellor Angela Merkel's cabinet and supported by parliament
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Trump denies mocking New York Times reporter's disability
Republican presidential candidate accused the reporter of backing down from his own story
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New York reassures tourists after terror threat
After the Paris attacks, an Islamic State group propaganda video broadcast images of New York from Times Square
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Despite barriers, Saudi women in first election bid
Around 900 female candidates are standing in next month's municipal election
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Islamic State claims attack on Shia mosque in Bangladesh: SITE
Intelligence group says Islamic State group claimed responsibility in message posted on Twitter
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Modi to meet Sonia Gandhi to discuss tax reform
Modi has invited the opposition leader at his residence to discuss key bills, including GST, an Indian official said
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Man jumps White House fence, triggering lockdown
CNN says he was at least the third person to scale a fence and make it on to White House property this year
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US knew flight path of plane downed by Turkey: Putin
Putin says Russia has given prior information to the US on the flight path of the plane downed by Turkey
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Russia seeks economic revenge against Turkey over jet
Kremlin spokesperson Peskov said Russia was still awaiting an answer from Ankara on why it downed the fighter jet
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Berlin police detain two in raids targeting extremists
The operation targeted an Islamic cultural centre, but search did not turn up any arms or explosives
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France urges UK to join fight against Islamic State in Syria
France calls for Britain's help to "win the war"
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From Indonesia, a Muslim challenge to the ideology of the Islamic State
The scene is horrifyingly familiar; IS soldiers march a line of prisoners to a riverbank, shoot them one by one
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Belgium eases alert level but threat still "serious"
Belgium lowers security threat level by ending six days on maximum alert, but remains wary of Paris-style attack
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Man jailed in Spain for video 'glorifying terrorism'
The video, nearly 49 minutes long, shows speeches by al Qaeda mastermind Bin Laden calling on people to fight
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Brussels mosque powder scare turns out to be false alarm
Police confirmed the suspected powder at the mosque was not anthrax, but flour
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Blogger case still before Saudi courts: minister
Badawi received the first 50 lashes in January but there have been no more following criticism
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The Times corrects claim of UK Muslim support for IS
The newspaper said headline 'One in five British Muslims has sympathy for Isis' did not accurately reflect the results
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India's Bihar state announces plans to ban alcohol
Nitish Kumar, who was re-elected as the chief minister, had promised a complete alcohol ban during the poll campaign
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Saudi widens sanctions against Lebanon's Hezbollah
The move is in retaliation against the group's intervention in the Syrian conflict in support of President Assad
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French give nod to plain cigarette packaging
Last month, Paris authorities doubled fines for dropping cigarette butts to 68 euros ($75)
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Thai general sought as royal defamation probe widens
Arrest warrants have been issued for Thai General Suchart Prommai and two other senior police officers
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Erdogan denies Turkey buys any oil from Islamic State
The Turkish strongman denied Russian accusations that Ankara was collaborating with IS
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India jails hospital staff for 'embezzling' 17 cents
Two paramedics were found guilty of inflating number of sterilisation procedures they helped to perform in 1989
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After uproar, German town warms to refugees who took over church
The Protestant church, is the first in Germany to have been set aside for refugees
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Erdogan says talk of project cancellations in Russia row are "emotional"
Ankara to continue supporting moderate rebels in Syria and Turkmen fighters battling President Bashar al-Assad
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Islamic State website hacked, replaced with Viagra advert
According to reports, website was taken down by Ghost Security, a group of hackers loosely affiliated with Anonymous
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Norway advertises stricter asylum rules in Afghan newspapers
Norwegian Directorate of Immigration has tweeted about new rules in Pashto, Dari and English
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London to New York in five hours: Airbus reveals new supersonic jet
The company just signed its first order for 20 of the $120 million jets with Flexjet
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Saudi Arabia imposes sanctions on at least 12 Hezbollah figures
Hezbollah has criticised Saudi Arabia over both its military operations in Yemen and its support for rebels in Syria
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Obama Thanksgiving message likens refugees to pilgrims
Thanksgiving was first celebrated by the group who fled religious persecution in England
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China journalist, 71, to serve five years in jail: lawyer
Gao Yu is sentenced for leaking state secrets
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PetroChina sells pipeline stake amid reforms push
The project has pipelines connecting China with countries including Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan
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Islamic State makes $500m a year from its oil business
Obama administration commits colossal miscalculation of terrorist group's oil revenues
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No nudity please, we're Singaporeans
Long ridiculed as a nanny state, Singapore has cut an archaic list of prohibited books
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Operation in Syria kills person involved Beirut attacks - TV
Syrian state TV says the man was an IS operative who coordinated the transport of bombers from Syria to Lebanon
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Kremlin says still waiting for 'realistic' response from Turkey on downing jet
Says it is not considering sanctions against Turkey or imposing a food imports embargo
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South African judge lifts domestic ban on rhino horn trade
South Africa's rhino poaching epidemic saw a record 1,215 rhino killed last year for their horn
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Britain's Cameron says time to start bombing militants in Syria
Cameron needs to persuade lawmakers, who did not back him in 2013 to now join air strikes in Syria
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Families ask Indian govt to declare Mumbai attacks fishermen dead
Relatives have still not been able to claim compensation of one million rupees for loss of their loved-ones
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Heat grows on US for independent probe into MSF hospital strike
The MSF slammed American forces after the US commander in Afghanistan termed the attack on the hospital human error
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Thai summit to spotlight Myanmar, Bangladesh over migrant crisis
Tens of thousands of Rohingya Muslims have fled western Myanmar in recent years
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Russia tightens control over Turkish food imports: minister
Agriculture minister says some 15 per cent of Turkish agricultural produce does not meet Russian standards
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Turkey and Russia do not have 'luxury' of unfriendly ties - Turkish minister
Turkish minister, Volkan Bozkir said he expected ties with Moscow to be maintained following the incident
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California rock band in interview describes horror of Paris attack
It was the largest loss of life in attacks that night across the French capital that killed 130 people
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Bangladesh police kill Shia shrine blast chief suspect
Police also around up five militants from banned local extremist outfit JMB during raids in Dhaka
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'Unprecedented' rise in anti-Muslim backlash in US post Paris attacks
Since November 13, CAIR has documented dozens of anti-Muslim incidents
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Fifteen killed in Russian helicopter crash in Siberia
Authorities say contact with helicopter was lost some 15 minutes after takeoff from Igarka airport
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Turkish army releases audio of warnings to downed Russian plane
Earlier Rescued Russian pilot claimed that no warning was issued before jet downed

















































