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The number of Islamist militants in Sweden has soared to thousands in recent years but only a few pose a security threat to society, the head of the country's security services said on Friday.

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was under mounting pressure on Friday over allegations that he used his influence to help a friend in a business deal after two official reports appeared to back up the claims.

Doctors treating Otto Warmbier, the comatose US student released from North Korean detention this week, have said the 22-year-old had suffered extensive brain damage, the cause of which remains unknown.

Vladimir Putin did not give a direct answer on Thursday when asked whether he would be Russia's president this time next year.

A series of landslides triggered by heavy monsoon rains have killed at least 87 people, including several army officers, in Bangladesh.

An NGO that centers on ethics issues filed a similar suit in January. But this is the first one presented by government entities.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on Sunday for the dismantling of the U.N. agency that aids millions of Palestinian refugees, accusing it of anti-Israeli incitement and saying he had conveyed his message to the U.S. ambassador to the Unite...

Fake suicide vests worn by the assailants in the London Bridge attack were made with disposable water bottles attached to leather belts, police revealed Sunday.

In a video that was recorded before the attack on Tehran, five masked fighters threatened Shi’ites in Iran as well as the Saudi Arabian government saying their turn "will come".

A Pakistani lawmaker has called for "thorough investigations" into the country's nuclear proliferation to Iran and North Korea during former military ruler Pervez Musharraf's regime.

May "has lost Conservative seats, lost votes, lost support and lost confidence. I would have thought that's enough to go," Corbyn said after being re-elected in his Islington North constituency in central London

Prime Minister Theresa May's Conservative Party will fail to win a parliamentary majority in Britain's election, according to an exit poll on Thursday, a shock result that would plunge domestic politics into turmoil and could delay Brexit talks.

James Comey said on Thursday he was disturbed by President Donald Trump's bid to get him to drop a probe into the former national security adviser, but the FBI's fired former director would not say whether he thought the president sought to obstruct justi...

Kuwait's emir traveled to Qatar to help mediate an end to a crisis that's seen Arab nations cut ties to the energy-rich nation home to a major US military base, though Emirati officials warned there was "nothing to negotiate."

Turkey's parliament on Wednesday approved a draft bill allowing its troops to be deployed to a Turkish military base in Qatar, an apparent move to support the Gulf Arab country when it faces diplomatic and trade isolation from some of the biggest Middle E...

The new "essential medicines list" includes 39 antibiotics for 21 common syndromes, categorised into three groups: "Access", "Watch" and "Reserve".