U.S. and Arab allies Wednesday targeted several mobile oil refineries controlled by the Islamic State in Syria.
French President Francois Hollande confirmed Wednesday the killing of French national Herve Gourdel who was held hostage by Algerian militants.
Japan on Wednesday announced new sanctions on Russia for its involvement in the Ukraine conflict.
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The number of Ebola infections in Liberia and Sierra Leone could range between 550,000 and 1.4 million by January 2015, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said in a report Tuesday.
Australian police on Wednesday shot dead a terror suspect after he stabbed two counter terrorism police officers.
The U.S. airstrikes against the Islamic State militants in Syria on Monday also targeted an al Qaeda affiliate called the Khorasan group, officials said.
Israel has shot down a Syrian fighter jet over the Golan Heights on Tuesday, saying that the aircraft infiltrated into Israeli airspace.
The population of the federal prison population has dropped by approximately 4, 800 last year, said Attorney General Eric Holder Tuesday.
Fear of losing job increases person's risk of developing asthma, according to a new research.
Health consultants to the World Health Organization (WHO) have assessed that there should not be a general ban on travel or trade with Ebola affected countries in West Africa.
A French National has been kidnapped Sunday in Algeria by a militant group claiming allegiance to the Islamic state.
Several Chinese companies are producing and exporting tools mainly used for torture like electric shock batons and spiked metal batons, Amnesty international said on Tuesday.
The United States and allies carried out the first airstrikes against the Islamic State militants in Syria Monday night.
Islamic State Monday asked its followers to attack citizens of America, France and other countries which have joined the international collation to annihilate the jihadist group.
