UN WARNS OF WAR CRIMES OVER DISRUPTION TO WATER SUPPLY NORTH OF DAMASCUS

Water from rebel-held Wadi Barada, which supplies Damascus, has been cut off since 22 December... READ MORE›

TOP PHILIPPINE MILITANT WHO PLEDGED ALLEGIANCE TO ISLAMIC STATE KILLED IN FIREFIGHT

Maguid was the leader of Ansar Khalifa Philippines, one of four groups that pledged allegiance to Islamic State in a YouTube video in 2015... READ MORE›

ONE DEAD AS SCORES ESCAPE IN PHILIPPINE PRISON BREAK

The prison break took place early on Wednesday morning at the North Cotabato District Jail near Kidapawan city, on the island of Mindanao... READ MORE›

DUTERTE IMPOSES HIS FORMULA ON THE PHILIPPINES

Samuel R. Matunog, a Davao lawyer, businessman and human rights worker, strongly rejects Duterte's support for violence and killing... READ MORE›

RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR'S ASSASSINATION MIGHT BRING TURKEY, RUSSIA CLOSER

The 22-year-old gunman, a member Ankara's riot police squad, shouted slogans about the embattled Syrian city of Aleppo as he killed the envoy... READ MORE›

US EMBASSY IN ANKARA CLOSED AFTER GUNMAN FIRES SHOTS

From World War II to Vietnam and Syria, drugs are often as much a part of conflict as bombs and bullets... READ MORE›

'CARRYING POLICE ID'

Turkey and Russia stand on opposite sides of the Syria conflict, with Ankara backing rebels trying to topple Moscow's ally President Bashar al-Assad... READ MORE›

INVESTIGATORS SEEK ANSWERS IN RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR'S ASSASSINATION IN TURKEY

After killing the ambassador, Altintas, a 22-year-old officer with the riot police, denounced Russia's role in the Syrian war, screaming Don't forget Aleppo!... READ MORE›

THE GLOBAL WAVE OF POPULISM THAT TURNED 2016 UPSIDE DOWN

Soon, we found ourselves debating not only populism, but also economic populism, authoritarian populism, radical populism and so on... READ MORE›

POLICE CONDUCT RAIDS ACROSS TURKEY AFTER DEADLY BOMBING ATTACK

A Turkey-based Kurdish faction, known as the Freedom Falcons Movement, claimed responsibility for the bombings... READ MORE›

TOUGH-TALKING PHILIPPINE PRESIDENT DUTERTE - FIGHTING FOR HIS LIFE & HIS COUNTRY

At the South Cemetery, Mr. Rex, a security guard, explains President Duterte is strict on the implementation of the rules... READ MORE›

6 DETAINED AFTER MIDDLE SCHOOL DORM FIRE KILLS 11 GIRLS, 1 TEACHER IN TURKEY

The fire blazed through the three-storey building in the town of Aladag, in Adana province, late Tuesday... READ MORE›

PHILIPPINES SAYS 11 ISIL SYMPATHISERS KILLED IN SIEGE

Fighting continues in the town of Butig, two days after the Maute Group took over a local town hall... READ MORE›

PHILIPPINE POLICE DETONATE BOMB NEAR U.S. EMBASSY

Ronald dela Rosa, the National police chief, told reporters the incident was a??an attempted act of terrorism.a??... READ MORE›

BLAST NEAR GOVERNOR OFFICE IN TURKEY'S ADANA

Two people killed and 16 injured according to Turkish news media reports... READ MORE›

ANOTHER PHILIPPINE MAYOR ACCUSED OF DRUG TRAFFICKING IS GUNNED DOWN BY POLICE

Philippine police investigators collect evidence at a crime scene in Makilala, North Cotabato province, southern Philippines on Oct. 28... READ MORE›

IRAQ-TURKEY TENSION RISES AMID BATTLE FOR MOSUL

The invasion of Iraq will lead to Turkey being dismantled, Abadi said in a televised news conference on Tuesday... READ MORE›

IRAQI FORCES ADVANCE TO EASTERN EDGE OF MOSUL

Iraqi army says its forces have advanced to the outskirts of Mosul, as thick plumes of smoke rise from the city's east... READ MORE›

FILIPINO MAYOR SHOT DEAD IN CLASH WITH ANTI-DRUG POLICE

Mayor of Saudi Ampatuan was part of a list identified by President Duterte as being involved in the illegal drug trade... READ MORE›

FILIPINO MAYOR AMONG 10 DEAD IN CLASH WITH ANTI-DRUG POLICE

He had told the media that he was fighting illegal drugs himself and supported Duterte's crackdown... READ MORE›

PHILIPPINES TURNS BACK ON US AND PIVOTS TO ASIA

His comments follow President Rodrigo Duterte's visits to Japan and China to bolster Manila's ties with its Asian neighbors and shift away from the United States... READ MORE›

PHILIPPINE PRESIDENT DUTERTE'S ALLY BACKTRACKS ON CALL FOR 'SEPARATION' FROM U.S.

On Thursday night in Beijing, President Rodrigo Duterte called for a military and economic separation from the United States... READ MORE›

PHILIPPINES' DUTERTE CALLED FOR A 'SEPARATION' FROM U.S. HIS TRADE MINISTER IS NOW BACKTRACKING.

On Thursday night in Beijing, President Rodrigo Duterte called for a military and economic separation from the United States... READ MORE›

PHILIPPINES SECRET DEATH SQUADS: OFFICER CLAIMS POLICE TEAMS BEHIND WAVE OF KILLINGS

In his Manila brothel the police officer admits that he too contemplates that very point... READ MORE›

WE KILLED FOR DUTERTE, FED BODY TO CROCODILE

1 of 10 Full Screen Autoplay Close Skip Ad x Who is Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte?... READ MORE›

EXODUS OF SYRIANS HIGHLIGHTS POLITICAL FAILURE OF THE WEST

This week, World Food Program benefits were canceled for 229,000 Syrian refugees in Jordan... READ MORE›

TURKISH GOVERNMENT SAYS SITUATION UNDER CONTROL; AIR BASE USED BY U.S. CLOSED

Before this, the president of Turkey was a largely ceremonial role, but Erdogan tried to change that by altering the constitution to give him more power... READ MORE›

SAUDI ARABIA IS PREPARING TO LAUNCH ITS OWN INTERVENTION IN SYRIA

Saudi Arabia is sending troops and fighter jets to Turkey's Incirlik military base ahead of a possible ground invasion of Syria... READ MORE›

AT THE MOSUL FRONT TRAPS SMOKE SCREENS AND SUICIDE BOMBERS

Mr. Denton, a Times photographer, and Mr. Gordon, a Times military correspondent, are with Kurdish forces near Sheikh Amir, Iraq, on the eastern approach to Mosul... READ MORE›

PHILIPPINE PRESIDENT DUTERTE TELLS OBAMA TO 'GO TO HELL'

President Rodrigo Duterte gives a fist-bump gesture during his visit to the Philippine army's Camp Mateo in Rizal province east of Manila on Aug. 25... READ MORE›

TEENAGE AUSTRIAN 'POSTER GIRL FOR THE ISLAMIC STATE' KILLED BY GROUP FOR TRYING TO ESCAPE

Both Austrian women are now believed to be dead, after reports Selimovic was killed in fighting in Syria last year... READ MORE›

POLICE VAN RAMS PROTESTERS OUTSIDE US EMBASSY IN MANILA

A Philippine police van rammed and ran over baton-wielding protesters outside the US embassy in the capital, Manila... READ MORE›

LEAD TEST RESULTS CONFIRM WORST FEARS FOR FLINT FAMILY

Lead above the federal limit was found in their bathtub water... READ MORE›

Kemal Sadik Gokceli was born into a Turkish-Kurdish family in the village of Hemite now Gokcedam in southern Turkey... READ MORE›

BEIJING'S CLAIMS TO SOUTH CHINA SEA REJECTED BY INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNAL

The islands in the South China Sea have been Chinese territories since ancient times, he said, according to state media... READ MORE›

FILIPINO FIREBRAND RODRIGO DUTERTE JOKES ABOUT PENIS, LASHES AUSTRALIA AGAIN

Mr Duterte told the business forum he would double the salaries of security forces who will be ordered to destroy criminals... READ MORE›

TURKEY COUP ATTEMPT: WORLD LEADERS WARN PRESIDENT ERDOGAN NOT TO USE UPRISING AS EXCUSE FOR CRACKDOWN AS MORE THAN 6,000 ARRESTED

The United States was quick to denounce the military revolt in its NATO ally Turkey and to express support for President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's elected government... READ MORE›

DAVAO BOMBING: PHILIPPINE PRESIDENT RODRIGO DUTERTE DECLARES 'STATE OF LAWLESSNESS'

Soon after becoming president Mr Duterte launched peace talks with communists, who last week agreed to an indefinite ceasefire... READ MORE›

PHILIPPINES' RODRIGO DUTERTE POSES A MAJOR AND UNPREDICTABLE CHALLENGE TO THE U.S.

U.S. officials are quite concerned, said Jose L. Cuisia, the Philippines' former ambassador to the United States... READ MORE›

ISTANBUL AIRPORT BOMBERS WERE RUSSIAN, UZBEK, KYRGYZ

Turkey's Hurriyet newspaper named him as Osman Vadinov and said he had come from Raqqa, the heart of Islamic State-controlled territory in Syria... READ MORE›

DANIEL CRAIG AND STEPHEN COLBERT ACT OUT A MORE REALISTIC SCENE FROM 'JAMES BOND'

Daniel Craig Plays A More Realistic James Bond On 'The Late Show with Stephen Colbert'... READ MORE›

FOUR ARRESTED AFTER CHAOTIC BRAWL BREAKS OUT ON TRAIN

It opens with Danay Howard, 21, taunting Jorge Pena, 25, about the leather jacket he is wearing... READ MORE›

DUTERTE'S DRUG CRACKDOWN HITS HOME AS MAN SHOT DEAD IN FRONT OF HIS PREGNANT WIFE, FAMILY

Ms Sombrio said Rogie never owned a gun or the drugs and the money wasn't his... READ MORE›

RESPONSE OF PHILIPPINES PRESIDENT TO FATAL BLAST RAISES FEARS

Mr. Duterte was Davao's mayor for nearly two decades before becoming president... READ MORE›

IT'S NOT JUST HIROSHIMA: THE MANY OTHER THINGS AMERICA HASN'T APOLOGIZED FOR

The shoot-down happened at a time of tension between Iran and the United States, which was at that point backing Iraq in its war with Tehran... READ MORE›

25, about 390 elite antiterrorism police officers descended on Mamasapano, a tiny remote village on the southern island of Mindanao... READ MORE›

DUTERTE THREATENS MARTIAL LAW IF 'DRUG WAR' IS BLOCKED

A visibly angry Duterte said in a speech on Tuesday, before military troops in the southern island of Mindanao... READ MORE›

TURKEY DETAINS 6,000 IN FAILED COUP, INCLUDING TURKISH COMMANDER AT INCIRLIK

He invited Turkey to send evidence, which he said the United States would consider under U.S. legal standards... READ MORE›

ANTI-NUCLEAR FIREBRAND'S CASE HEADS TO CANADIAN COURT OVER DEATH THREATS AGAINST FUKUSHIMA ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENTISTS

1 disaster is due in court in Victoria, Canada, on Wednesday over threats he allegedly made against the lives of two environmental scientists... READ MORE›

EMILIA ROMAGNA HAS HISTORIC CITIES, GOURMET TREATS AND CULTURAL GEMS

These include Italian icons such as Parma ham prosciutto and parmesan parmigiano reggiano, Modena's balsamic vinegar aceto balsamico, and Bologna's mortadella, lasagne and classic meat ragu... READ MORE›

THE WEEK IN WILDLIFE A?? IN PICTURES

Photograph Victor Tyakht Alamy Share Share this post close [ ] Water vole, Arvicola amphibius, at Teesdale, North Pennines, county Durham, UK... READ MORE›

TURKEY SAYS ISLAMIC STATE IS MAIN SUSPECT IN ANKARA BOMBINGS

Security forces are reportedly investigating the possible involvement of the older brother of the Suruc suicide bomber, Sheikh Abdurrahman Alagoz, in the Ankara attack... READ MORE›

DUTERTE DECLARES 'STATE OF LAWLESSNESS' AFTER DEADLY PHILIPPINE BLAST

Video provided by AFP Newslook Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte C arrives at the site of an explosion at a market in Davao City... READ MORE›

DONALD TRUMP WAXWORK UNVEILED AT MADAME TUSSAUDS LONDONA

Different waxworks of Trump have also been unveiled at Madame Tussauds in Washington D.C., Orlando and New York... READ MORE›

A DIGITAL FACT-CHECKER FIGHTS FAKE NEWS

Storyful says that's a common MO for social media propagandists... READ MORE›

'IF YOU DON'T LIKE DONALD TRUMP LEAVE THE COUNTRY', US JUDGE TELLS NEW CITIZENS

Judge Primomo told KENS 5 News that his comments were intended to be unifying and not political, adding that he did not vote for Mr Trump... READ MORE›

CHEER UP, AMERICANS, SAY CANADIANS -- YOU'RE GREAT

Using the hashtag tellamericaitsgreat, Canadians have swamped Twitter with compliments about American music, culture, technology and even tailgating... READ MORE›

TRUMP AND PENCE'S OPPOSITION TO SYRIAN REFUGEES IS BASED ON A HUGE LIE

He pointed to proxies of the Islamic State militant group infiltrating Europe in the guise of refugees and gestured to the attacks in Paris in November... READ MORE›

WOLF DENS, NOT LONE WOLVES, THE NORM IN U.S. ISLAMIC STATE PLOTS

Wolf dens, not lone wolves, the norm in U.S. Islamic State plots... READ MORE›

#LOVEWINS: WORLD REACTS TO ORLANDO SHOOTING

Horror, sympathy as world reacts to Orlando mass shooting... READ MORE›

FBI ACCELERATES STINGS ON ISLAMIC STATE SUSPECTS

And since February 2015, about 40 of 60 Islamic State prosecutions, or 67 per cent, have been based on undercover operations... READ MORE›

TRUMP DIPS TOE INTO DELICATE U.S. DEBT DISCUSSION

Currently, interest rates on U.S. government debt are near historically low levels, meaning the government is able to borrow cheaply... READ MORE›

DONALD TRUMP'S CAMPAIGN MANAGER HAS BATTERY CHARGE AGAINST HIM DROPPED

The memo says that Lewandowski could have believed Fields was making unwanted physical contact with Mr. Trump that led him to pull her away... READ MORE›

DONALD TRUMP HITS TED CRUZ ON 'NEW YORK VALUES' ON LONG ISLAND

Trump hits cruz over 'new york values' on long island... READ MORE›

CLINTON, SANDERS TRADE BARBS BEFORE NEW YORK DEBATE

One of the potential contenders is a team from New York State Syracuse University... READ MORE›