(GNN) - Pakistan security forces killed 30 militants in gunbattles in the mountainous northwestern Khyber region on Saturday, a senior official said, but a spokesman for the militants denied suffering any losses.
The
Islamist groups seize Syrian city Idlib for first time
(GNN) - Islamist groups including al Qaeda's Nusra Front have seized the city of Idlib for the first time in Syria's civil war, fighters and a monitoring group said on Saturday.
By taking Idlib, capital of a northwest
Arab states see a month of Yemen strikes, maybe longer, official says
(GNN) - An Arab alliance attacking Shi'ite Muslim Houthi forces in Yemen initially plans a month-long campaign, but the operation could last five or six months, a Gulf diplomatic official said on Saturday.
The officia
Four Iraqi soldiers killed fighting with Islamic State in Tikrit
(GNN) - Four Iraqi soldiers were killed in street fighting with Islamic State militants in Tikrit overnight as they advanced slowly into the city, a Sunni jihadist bastion, in the wake of coalition air strikes, a secur
Chile desert rains sign of climate change: chief weather scientist
(GNN) - The heavy rainfall that battered Chile's usually arid north this week happened because of climate change, a senior meteorologist said, as the region gradually returns to normal after rivers broke banks and vi
U.S.-Russian crew reaches space station for year-long stay
(GNN) - A Russian Soyuz rocket blasted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Friday, sending a U.S.-Russia crew to the International Space Station for a year-long flight, a NASA Television broadcast showe
Turkey's Erdogan says can't tolerate Iran bid to dominate Middle East
(GNN) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan accused Iran on Thursday of trying to dominate the Middle East and said its efforts have begun annoying Ankara, as well as Saudi Arabia and Gulf Arab countries.
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Yemen war clouds raise dangers for top oil shipping route
(GNN) - Conflict in Yemen risks spilling out into the busy sea lanes that pass it and potentially disrupt the narrow Bab el-Mandeb passage through which nearly 4 million barrels of oil are shipped daily to Europe, the
Stocks slide, oil prices jump after Yemen air strikes
(GNN) - Oil prices jumped 5 percent and stock markets worldwide slumped on Thursday after Saudi Arabia and allies carried out air strikes in Yemen, which fueled worries Middle East that energy shipments may be put at
Obama discusses Yemen, Iran in call with Turkey's Erdogan
(GNN) - President Barack Obama spoke with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday about pressing issues in the Middle East, including the crisis in Yemen, the White House said.
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U.S. has no policy to protect Syrian force after training: general
(GNN) - Syrian opposition forces being trained to fight Islamic State militants will need support from the U.S.-led coalition when they return home, but the Obama administration has yet to decide what protection to off
Arab foreign ministers agree on unified military force
(GNN) - Arab foreign ministers meeting in Egypt agreed a draft resolution on Thursday to form a unified military force, in a move aimed at countering growing regional security threats.
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New Jersey lawmakers send post-Exxon pollution bill to governor
(GNN) - New Jersey lawmakers sent a bill to Governor Chris Christie on Thursday that calls for more money from environmental settlements to fund cleanups.
The legislation came after the Christie administration announc
Study shows acceleration in decline of Antarctic ice shelves
(GNN) - Satellite data from 1994 to 2012 reveals an accelerating decline in Antarctica's massive floating ice shelves, with some shrinking 18 percent, in a development that could hasten the rise in global sea levels,
Seven die in Chile floods, military rescues stranded residents
(GNN) - The death toll in Chile rose to seven after rains battered the north and caused flooding, the government said on Thursday, while 19 others were unaccounted for as the military rushed to rescue stranded villag
EU regulators take Germany to court over Hamburg coal plant
(GNN) - EU regulators have referred Germany to the EU Court of Justice over a failure to look into alternative cooling processes at a coal-fired plant in Hamburg, operated by Vattenfall [VATN.UL], in order to protect w
Britain's greenhouse gas emissions down 8.4 percent in 2014
(GNN) - Britain's greenhouse gas emissions fell 8.4 percent in 2014 due to a decline in fossil-fuel power generation, preliminary government data showed on Thursday.
The fall largely resulted from a 15 percent decrease
U.S. Air Force overstepped bounds in SpaceX certification: report
(GNN) - The U.S. Air Force overstepped its bounds as it worked to certify privately held SpaceX to launch military satellites, undermining the benefit of working with a commercial provider, an independent review show
