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Doctors Without Borders leaves Afghan city after hospital airstrike

International medical charity Doctors Without Borders has withdrawn from the northern Afghan city of Kunduz after a deadly air strike destroyed its hospital. Kate Stegeman,...

US urges Russians to focus airstrikes on Islamic State

Pentagon officials have urged the Russian military to focus its airstrikes in Syria on Islamic State (IS) fighters rather than opponents of Syrian President...

Gunman kills at least nine at Oregon college before dying in shoot-out

A gunman who opened fire inside a classroom at a rural Oregon college has killed at least nine people before dying in a shoot-out...

Russia’s foreign minister defends airstrikes in Syria

minister has defended his country's airstrikes in Syria. Sergey Lavrov says he and the US-led coalition "see eye-to-eye" on the fight against terrorism. Concerns have been...

Richard Branson vows to fight for life of US death row inmate

Billionaire entrepreneur Richard Branson has vowed to fight for the next 40 days to save the life of a US death row inmate whose...

Russia targeting ‘well known groups’ and not just Islamic State with Syria airstrikes

Russia’s airstrikes in Syria are targeting other terrorist groups as well as Islamic State militants, according to a spokesman for Russian President Vladimir Putin. Russia...

‘464 Iran pilgrims’ died in Saudi Arabia Hajj disaster

Iran’s death toll from the Saudi hajj disaster has nearly doubled to 464 pilgrims killed, state media reported today, a development that is likely...

Russian airstrikes ‘targeting Syrian opposition groups, not Islamic State’

Western governments have expressed concern that Russian airstrikes in support of the beleaguered regime of Bashar Assad are targeting moderate Syrian opposition groups. President Vladimir...

Family blames counselling sessions for nurse’s satanic sex abuse claims, inquest hears

A nurse died in mysterious circumstances after claiming she had been sexually abused by a Satanic cult, an inquest in England has heard. Carol Myers,...

Kentucky clerk jailed over gay marriage says Pope told her to ‘stay strong’

A county clerk who went to jail for defying court orders to issue same-sex marriage licences says she met briefly with the pope during...

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