London, Even as British lawmakers prepared to authorise military action against Islamic State militants in Iraq, Prime Minister David Cameron warned that the anti-IS campaign could take `years`. Taking part in the debate at the House of Commons, Cameron said the offensive could extend for years and that “we mustRead More

Vienna, Western strategists have long debated the spectre of Iran “breaking out” – suddenly showing the ability to explode an atom bomb. But some see a “sneak-out” less visible to UN inspectors as a possibly bigger risk and world powers have calibrated their demands in negotiations with Iran to forestallRead More

Tokyo, Long-frosty ties between Tokyo and Beijing were showing signs of a slight thaw Friday after a meeting between their two foreign ministers and as Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe renewed his call for a summit. Speaking to a news conference in New York, Abe said he hoped to holdRead More

Seoul, North Korea called South Korean President Park Geun-Hye a “political prostitute” on Friday as it denounced her call at the UN General Assembly for Pyongyang to improve its human rights record and abandon nuclear weapons. In a statement carried by the official KCNA news agency, the Committee for theRead More

Madrid, Spanish and Moroccan police have arrested nine people suspected of belonging to a militant cell linked to Islamic State, Spain`s Interior Ministry said on Friday. The ministry said the nine belonged to a group based in the Spanish enclave of Melilla, on the northern coast of Africa, and neighbouringRead More

Paris, Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy has re-launched his political career with a rally near the city of Lille, media reported Friday. Last week, Sarkozy had announced that he would seek the leadership of the centre-right Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) party, BBC reported. The development came after theRead More

Beirut: Fresh air strikes by a US-led coalition fighting jihadists hit two provinces of Syria overnight, targeting oil facilities for a second day, a monitoring group said Friday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported new air strikes in eastern Deir Ezzor province and northeastern Hasakeh province, both of whichRead More

Ghazni, Hundreds of Taliban fighters have stormed a district in an important Afghan province not far from the capital, killing dozens of people in five days, and officials said on Friday there were fears the area will fall to the insurgents. The Ghazni provincial government has lost contact with policeRead More

Sydney: Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said Friday he was deeply worried about the potential for lone wolf terror attacks, days after an 18-year-old suspected militant was shot dead while attacking police. Abdul Numan Haider was killed on Tuesday after he stabbed two police officers outside a Melbourne police station,Read More

New York, Iraq has received “credible” intelligence that Islamic State militants plan to attack subway systems in Paris and the United States, Iraq`s prime minister said on Thursday, but senior US officials said they had no evidence to back up the claim. Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said he had receivedRead More