(CNN) -- Every day, refugees and migrants risk their lives as they seek a new life. Now, a new report from the International Organization for Migration has put a figure to the number of victims: at least 40,000 deaths since 2000. More than half of those who died ...

KABUL: Officials from Afghanistan and the United States on Tuesday signed a long-delayed security agreement to allow American troops to stay in the country after the end of the year, fulfilling a campaign promise by new President Ashraf Ghani. National ...

An event in the Smith Mountain Lake area features German food and, of course, beer. Show Transcript Hide Transcript. King. German beer, live music and of course the food... You'll find it all at Smith Mountain Lake's Oktoberfest this Saturday. wdbj7 Mornin's ...

An event in the Smith Mountain Lake area features German food and, of course, beer. Show Transcript Hide Transcript. King. German beer, live music and of course the food... You'll find it all at Smith Mountain Lake's Oktoberfest this Saturday. wdbj7 Mornin's ...

BEIRUT (AP) — Iran will supply the Lebanese army with military equipment to be used in fighting Muslim extremist groups, a visiting senior Iranian official said on Tuesday. The announcement marks the first time that Iran has said it would give Lebanon ...

As they gather in Saudi Arabia's holy city of Mecca for the annual hajj, some pilgrims have denounced atrocities by Islamic State group jihadists as "a virus" threatening the world. But many also expressed concerns about the U.S.-led air war against them.

TAIPEI, Sept 30 (Reuters) - With the launch of Apple's eagerly anticipated iPhone 6 finally on the horizon for Chinese fans, the U.S. company's supply chain is geared up and ready to deal with any surge in demand from the world's largest smartphone market.

Representatives of rival factions in Libya's new Parliament have held UN-brokered talks for the first time in the western oasis town of Ghadames. Sitting members of the House of Representatives met fellow MPs who have so far boycotted sessions.

It's an online world, a mobile world. But it's the opportunity that 900 million mobile connections which includes 250 million smartphone users offer that global CEOs—be it Amazon's Jeff Bezos or Microsoft's Satya Nadella—are looking to exploit. In his first visit ...

BEIRUT (AP) — A senior Iranian official says Tehran will supply the Lebanese army with military equipment to be used in fighting Muslim extremist groups. Ali Shamkhani, secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, did not elaborate on the type of ...

KIEV (Reuters) - Ukrainian state prosecutors said on Tuesday they had opened a criminal investigation against a Russian law enforcement agency, accusing it of supporting separatist and "terrorist" groups in the east of the country. The move appeared to be a ...

The pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian camps have no common language: Even the words 'peace', 'justice' and 'rights' have been appropriated by different sides, and each side viciously rejects any comparison to the other. By Joel Braunold | Sep. 30, 2014 | 2:30 ...

The world populations of fish, birds, mammals, amphibians and reptiles fell overall by 52% between 1970 and 2010, far faster than previously thought, the World Wildlife Fund said on Tuesday. The conservation group's Living Planet Report, published every ...

BEIJING (AP) — China's phone regulator said Tuesday it has approved Apple Inc.'s iPhone 6 for use on Chinese networks after the company promised never to install "backdoors" to give other governments access to users' information. Apple said sales start ...

JERUSALEM (AFP) -- The Palestine Liberation Organization said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu blatantly manipulated the facts when he compared Hamas with the Islamic State group in a UN speech on Monday. "Netanyahu's speech at the UN ...

Volcanic smoke rise from Mount Ontake, which straddles Nagano and Gifu prefectures in central Japan on Sept 30, 2014. -- PHOTO: REUTERS/KYODO. TOKYO (AFP) - Volcanic tremors and fears over a fresh eruption forced rescuers with gas masks to halt ...

A Melbourne man has been charged with funding a US citizen to fight with terrorists in Syria. The charge, which follows an FBI tipoff, is the first of its kind in Australia. The 23-year-old is facing a single charge of intentionally making funds available to a group ...

CAIRO (AP) Rival Libyan lawmakers have held talks brokered by a United Nations envoy, in the first attempt to bridge the gap between warring groups that left the North African nation torn between two governments and parliaments. In a press conference held ...