US Secretary of State John Kerry arrived on an unannounced visit to Kabul on Friday amid troubled negotiations with Afghanistan on US troops staying in the country after 2014.
There are reports that some third countries are training Syrian rebels to use chemical weapons in Afghanistan, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says.
The winner of this year's Nobel Peace Prize is a body that has spent years trying to rid the world of chemical weapons in relative obscurity and was recently thrust into the limelight by the Syrian crisis.
Terrorists have killed five members of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) in a clash in northwestern Iran, media reports say.
Bahrainis have once again taken to the streets to denounce the Al Khalifa regime’s unrelenting crackdown on pro-democracy protests.
A unique and priceless collection of nearly 500 late-16th and early-17th Century jewels and gemstones is going on display at the Museum of London.
Iraq executed 42 people, including a woman, for mass killings and other terrorism offences over two days this week, the Justice Ministry says.
Syrian foreign-backed militants killed at least 190 civilians and took more than 200 hostage during an offensive in Latakia province in August, Human Rights Watch has said, in another evidence of crimes against humanity by opposition forces.
A number of foreign-backed militants, including a French terrorist commander, have been killed during an operation carried out by the Syrian army near the northern city of Aleppo.
Brazilian leaders have announced they plan to host an international conference on internet governance next year, a declaration that comes after the nation has lobbied without success to change NSA policies used by the US to monitor Brazil.