Volcano Calbuco in southern Chile that erupted unexpectedly on Wednesday was still pouring ash into the sky on Thursday, forcing the cancellation of flights from nearby towns in both Chile and neighboring Argentina. The volcano, which last had a major eruption in 1961, h ....

Downplaying the US rift with Israel, Vice President Joe Biden on Thursday staunchly defended President Barack Obama’s record of supporting the Jewish state, working to allay the concerns of many American Jews who have lined up against the budding nuclear deal with Ira ....

The US has said top al-Qaeda leaders hiding in the Afghanistan-Pakistan region continues to be a concern stating that local authorities have limited willpower and capabilities in taking actions against the terrorist outfit. “There continues to be concern that there ....

Legislation to strengthen President Barack Obama’s hand for a new round of trade deals advanced in the House courtesy of Republicans and over the protests of Democrats, a political role reversal that portends a bruising struggle over passage later this spring. The ....

President Barack Obama revealed on Thursday that U.S. drone strikes in Pakistan inadvertently killed an American and an Italian, two hostages held by al-Qaida, as well as two other Americans who had leadership roles with the terror network. Obama somberly said he took fu ....

Reclusive Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has not resumed day-to-day control of the organisation since he was wounded in an air strike in March, the Guardian reported on Tuesday. The daily cited an Iraqi source as saying that Baghdadi’s injuries were init ....

A Michigan woman was sentenced three to seven years in prison after firing her gun at a McDonald’s drive-through when her hamburger was delivered twice without bacon, local media reported. Shaneka Monique Torres, 30, was convicted in March of carrying a conceal ....

Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, was calm overnight and into Wednesday morning after Saudi Arabia declared an end to its month-long airstrikes targeting Yemen’s Iran-backed Shiite rebels and their allies, a campaign that has claimed hundreds of lives and pushed the impov ....

An Islamic State (IS) manual for preparing, funding and carrying out terror attacks in the West is being shared on jihadist forums on the internet, asking extremists to raise funds through online scams and fraud. The 70-page guide aims to create sleeper cells of one ....

Russia has key interests in common with the United States and needs to work with it on a common agenda, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday in a television interview. In his comments to the state-run Rossiya channel, Putin appeared to soften his anti-Am ....