Syrian government troops have taken control of al-Qusayr, a small but important town near the Lebanese border.State television said, the troops now control the main square and local council building in the town, a few kilometres from the border with Lebanon's Bekaa Valley. Th...
In South Sudan, at least 29 people have been killed and 17 others wounded after cattle raiders from a minority group opened fire on members of another minority in a village in Upper Nile state. An official on Sunday said 23 people were killed instantly. He said some of the youths that...
North Korea on Sunday test-fired a short-range missile off its east coast, its fourth in two days, despite pleas from South Korea and the UN chief to halt the launches at a time of high tensions.The guided missile was fired into the Sea of Japan on Sunday afternoon, a defence ministry spok...