The Islamic State released a video Friday showing the execution of British hostage Alan Henning.
Australian cabinet has authorized airstrikes against the Islamic State Militants in Iraq, Prime Minister Tony Abbott said Friday.
Seven people were killed and 21 injured after Taliban suicide bombers targeted two buses carrying Afghan soldiers in Kabul on Wednesday.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Tuesday confirmed the first case of Ebola diagnosed in the U.S.
Iraqi Kurdish fighters captured a strategic border post in the border with Syria on Tuesday.
Australia will send two unarmed air force planes to help the U.S.-led coalition against Islamic State militants in Iraq, Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said Wednesday.
Britain's Home Secretary Theresa May said Tuesday that a future conservative government would seek new powers to ban extremists from appearing on television or posting their ideas on social media.
The United States aims to swiftly increase its presence in Ebola-hit Liberia, said Major General Darryl Williams, who leads the U.S. mission in Liberia.
Islamic State militants are reported to be just one mile away from Iraq's capital, Baghdad.
Syria's foreign minister Walid al Moallem said Monday that the U.S. led airstrikes should also target militant groups other than the Islamic State.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday that Hamas and Islamic State share the same goal of world domination through terror.
Seven Ukrainian soldiers were killed on Monday when separatist tank fire struck their armoured personal vehicle near the Donetsk airport in eastern Ukraine, a military spokesman said.
Australia Monday said that it will not send doctors to West Africa to help fight the Ebola outbreak as it was difficult to safely bring back any infected health worker.
An Australian Citizen was tortured and killed by the Taliban militants in Afghanistan.
Al Qaeda affiliate Nusra Front Sunday warned the western countries against participating in the U.S. led airstrikes and said that it will use all possible means to retaliate against the coalition.
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