The Russian plane that crashed in Egypt Saturday after taking off from the resort of Sharm al-Sheikh might have been brought down by an explosive device, British officials said Wednesday.
Several thousand Iranians set US flags on fire and chanted anti-American slogans on Wednesday marking the 36th anniversary of the student takeover of the US Embassy in Tehran in 1979.
The Kurdish military force that's fighting ISIS in northern Iraq needs more help from the United States and the West.
The heavily debated Keystone XL pipeline, which would run from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico, has hit a new snag.
Al Qaeda's chief is calling jihadists worldwide to join forces to drive foreign forces from Syria. The news comes as critics say President Obama isn't doing nearly enough to stop the bloody conflict in the war-torn country.
ISIS jihadists are within a few miles of an ancient Christian village in northern Syria.
The planet is on the brink of a water crisis. Without action, food prices will rise, economic growth will slow, and political instability will likely follow. Meanwhile, in remarkable defiance of this emergency stands Israel.
Officials are looking into what caused a Russian airliner to lose speed before crashing into Egypt's Sinai Peninsula Saturday, killing 224 people.
A minister at a U.K. prison says he was pressured to resign after quoting the Bible in a chapel service.
Five of Somalia's Islamic extremists attacked a leading hotel in the capital at dawn Sunday, killing at least six people and injuring 10, before all the assailants were killed by security forces.