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The six men were accused of handing over sensitive information to the Iraqi military, which has besieged the city in recent months.

Once the tests are deemed successful, the missile will reportedly be presented for state approval.

U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday imposed sweeping new sanctions on the isolated East Asian country.

“We are sure there will be an attack in Senegal,” the owner of a restaurant in a seaside resort area said of prospects for an al Qaeda attack.

The announcement comes just days after a car bomb explosion in the Turkish capital of Ankara killed 37 people.

Moscow has played a key role in the Syrian conflict so far, carrying out airstrikes, brokering a ceasefire deal and reportedly helping stabilize the position of Syrian President Bashar Assad.

Germany, Japan and France are believed to be the front-runners for a contract to build 12 conventional submarines for Australia, at an estimated cost of at least $43 billion.

The group described Sunday's car bombing as revenge for security operations that have been underway since July in the mainly Kurdish southeast.

Gory warnings on cigarette packets are “not consistent with Chinese cultural values,” the country’s tobacco regulator said.

European Council President Donald Tusk said "there is still a lot to do" to reach a deal, which is expected to be finalized at a summit Friday.

The deadly crash's cause remains undetermined, but Russia and the West say a bomb downed the plane, a theory Egypt rejects.

North Korea accused the South Korean president of being “hell-bent” on escalating confrontations as Seoul lauded U.S. sanctions against the reclusive nation.

Local media reported that freelance journalist Junpei Yasuda may be held by al Qaeda’s Syria wing, the Nusra Front, possibly for ransom.

Global growth concerns, particularly regarding China, have rattled markets through much of this year.

Police said 5,000 people demonstrated outside the presidential palace in Brasilia and others flocked to Sao Paulo's Avenue Paulista.

An executive order freezes any North Korean government property in the U.S. and prohibits exports from the U.S. to North Korea.

Legislation that would give federal agencies access to data on 1 billion people nears passage as the ruling party cracks down on student protests.

Vladimir Putin's sudden withdrawal from Syria suggests the bombing campaign was about chasing international prestige more than anything else.

Many hallmarks of modern St. Patrick's Day celebrations are Americanized versions of Irish traditions.

It's set to run from 11 a.m. to about 4:30 p.m. EDT on Thursday along Fifth Avenue in Manhattan.

A spokesperson for U.S. military operations said a very small number of Russian jets have withdrawn, while ground forces are still fighting.

Iraqi officials said the plane went down due to “technical problems,” but ISIS claims to have shot it down with an anti-aircraft missile.

Never iron a four-leaf clover. You don’t want to press your luck.

Worldwide carbon emissions from energy use stood at 32.1 billion metric tons, even as the global economy grew, the IEA said.

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff will appoint her predecessor Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva as chief of staff, a leader in Congress said Wednesday.

With growing threats in the region and a shrinking population, Japan is expanding positions for women in the defense forces.

The E.U. country wants to get rid of its old Soviet-built fighting vehicles amid regional aggression from Russia.

The move comes as Saudi Arabia and other Muslim countries have been called upon to more actively take on the Islamic State group.

Wiles — a British number theorist who is now a professor at the University of Oxford — solved the deceptively complex problem in 1994.