The cause of Saturday’s Russian jetliner crash in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula still is unknown, but it is most likely due to a technical failure and there is no evidence of any terrorist action, Egyptian Airports Co. chief Adel Al-Mahjoob told the Media Arabic on Saturday. The Airbus A321 had a routine check before flight, showing everything was OK to proceed, ...

The United States is set to deploy troops on the ground in Syria for the first time to advise and assist rebel forces combating ISIS, the White House said Friday. White House spokesman Josh Earnest said that the U.S. would be deploying “less than 50” Special Operations forces, who will be sent to Kurdish-controlled territory in northern Syria. The American ...

A high-ranking member and spiritual leader of Al-Shabaab has pledged allegiance to ISIS, a move that further fractures the Somali-based jihadi group and spreads the reach of ISIS farther into Africa. The report that formerly UK-based Abdul Qadir Mumin had sworn loyalty to ISIS came from a source familiar with Al-Shabaab and was supported by a U.S. intelligence source, who ...

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has apologised for mistakes in Iraq war in TV interview on Sunday. “I can say that I apologise for the fact that the intelligence we received was wrong because, even though he [Saddam Hussein] had used chemical weapons extensively against his own people, against others, the program in the form that we thought it was ...

Kabul, Afghanistan.The powerful earthquake that struck northeastern Afghanistan on Monday also rattled people in Pakistan, India and Tajikistan, killing dozens, collapsing structures and creating panic. The panic in itself was deadly: In one northern Afghan town, 12 schoolgirls died in a stampede as they tried to evacuate their school during the quake. The girls, between 10 and 15 years old, ...

Leaders of countries along the Western Balkans migration route have agreed on a 17-point action plan to deal with the influx of migrants into Europe. Thousands of migrants and refugees from the Middle East and North Africa have landed on European shores this year, flummoxing European policymakers and swamping the ability of authorities to care for them. Restrictions at borders ...

Rescue workers scoured the waters off the coast of Tofino, in the Canadian province of British Columbia, on Sunday after a tour boat carrying 27 people sunk, authorities said. At least four people died, according to the Joint Rescue Co-ordination Centre. It wasn’t immediately clear how many people survived. “There are fatalities involved, and survivors,” the Joint Rescue Co-ordination Centre ...

 Like your daily hot dog or bacon sandwich? You may want to think again. The WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION’s cancer research unit now classifies processed meat as “carcinogenic to humans” based on evidence from hundreds of studies, and linked it specifically to colon, or colorectal, cancer. The report outlined that simply eating 50 grams of processed meat each day — the ...

A magnitude 7.5 earthquake hit north-eastern Afghanistan on Monday, which has killed more than 200 people in Afghanistan and Pakistan. The earthquake was centred in the mountainous Hindu Kush region, near Jurm, 250 kilometres from Kabul, and struck at a depth of 213.5 kilometres, according to the US Geological Survey.   General Asim Bajwa, Pakistan’s military spokesman said nearly 1,000 were ...

  Kurdistan Region Security Council IRBIL, Iraq — The Kurdish regional government in northern Iraq released a video Sunday purportedly showing the joint raid of a prison by U.S. and Kurdish peshmerga forces in which they released 70 hostages held by the Islamic State group. Modal TriggerMaster Sergeant Joshua L. Wheeler was killed during the raid.Photo: Reuters The helmet camera ...