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US is drawing up concrete plans for a military attack on North Korea say Washington insiders

The US is planning to launch a military attack on North Korea to curb its nuclear programme. Sources say that weapons stockpiles will be targeted.

Dec 20, 2017

By Brendan Cole

North Korea Donald Trump

Syrians are covering one eye in photos to protest Assad's regime

Syrians are covering one eye in photos to support #SolidaritywithKarim after baby lost one eye in artillery attack on eastern Ghouta by Bashar al-Assad's regime.

Dec 20, 2017

By Isabelle Gerretsen

Syria

Bizarre Saudi propaganda video shows invasion of Iran and overthrow of the ayatollah

Animated film depicts Saudi military invading rival power and deposing supreme leader while 'liberated' Iranians cheer and wave posters of Saudi ruler.

Dec 20, 2017

By Josh Robbins

North Korea 'preparing to load anthrax and VX onto ICBMs'

A report has revealed that North Korea has begun testing the loading of the anthrax onto intercontinental ballistic missiles.

Dec 20, 2017

By Jordan Bhatt

North Korea

Mosul's bloody liberation: 10,000 civilians died as their city was wrested from Isis

Mosul's gravediggers, its morgue workers and the volunteers who retrieve bodies from the city's rubble are keeping count.

Dec 20, 2017

By Associated Press

Isis Mosul Iraq Islamic State

North Korea has secret army of suicide bombers ready to unleash chemical weapons claims defector

In a recent UK interview, one defector claimed North Korea has a secret army of soldiers so heavily brainwashed that they could act as suicide bombers for Kim Jong-un.

Dec 19, 2017

By James Tennent

North Korea

North Koreans gather in their thousands to bow down in front of Kim Jong-il statue

Several thousand North Koreans braved freezing conditions in Pyongyang to pay tribute to their former leader Kim Jong-il on the sixth anniversary of his death.

Dec 18, 2017

By Josh Robbins

Could Muammar Gaddafi's son Saif al-Islam be the next Libyan president?

Muammar Gaddafi's son Saif al-Islam to run in Libya's 2018 presidential elections, tribal chief Basem al-Hashimi al-Soul has said.

Dec 18, 2017

By Isabelle Gerretsen

Libya

Warmer US-Moscow ties ahead? Putin 'thanks' Trump for CIA information preventing Russian terror attack

The CIA provided information that helped prevent bombings in St Petersburg's Kazansky Cathedral and other sites, the Kremlin said.

Dec 17, 2017

By Nicole Rojas

Vladimir Putin Donald Trump

German schoolgirl Linda Wenzel who joined Isis faces execution in Baghdad: 'I ruined my life'

Linda Wenzel, who was 15 years old when captured fighting for Isis, is facing the death penalty after being arrested in Mosul in July.

Dec 15, 2017

By James Hetherington

Isis

2017 in pictures: Iraq and Syria's battle against Isis in 100 powerful images

IBTimes UK looks back at how the fight to rid Iraq and Syria of the jihadists played out across the year, in 100 powerful photos.

Dec 15, 2017

By David Sim

Pictures of the year 2017 Islamic State Isis Iraq Syria Conflict Pictures

Russian Navy 'could cut underwater cables and devastate UK economy' warns UK Armed Forces chief

The head of the UK's Armed Forces has warned that Russia's Navy threatens underwater communication cables. Sir Stuart Peach issued the warning in a speech to the RUSI think tank.

Dec 14, 2017

By Brendan Cole

Russia

Kremlin-linked network of slush funds allegedly funnelled money to Syrian regime and Isis

Russian money made its way to Assad regime's chemical weapons programme and the oil trade with Isis, BuzzFeed investigation into slush funds reveals.

Dec 14, 2017

By Isabelle Gerretsen

Russia Syria Isis

Al-Shabab suicide bomber infiltrates Somalia police academy parade and kills 17 officers

The bomber, with explosives strapped around his waist and torso, infiltrated Gen. Kahiye Police Academy and targeted officers gathering for special morning exercises.

Dec 14, 2017

By Associated Press

Somalia

One of Kim Jong-un's top aides has disappeared as bribery and execution rumours swirl

Disappearance of Kim Jong-un's top aide General Hwang Pyong-so sparks rumours that he may have been executed for receiving kickbacks in exchange for promotions at Politburo.

Dec 14, 2017

By Isabelle Gerretsen

North Korea

Plain clothes Israeli troops infiltrate Ramallah demonstration and arrest stone throwers

Footage shows Israeli troops known as "mustarabeen" arresting Palestinian stone throwers at a demonstration in Ramallah.

Dec 13, 2017

By Brendan Cole

Israel Donald Trump

Another North Korean 'ghost ship' with a dead body on-board washed up in Japan

The ship washed up on a beach in Kashiwazaki in north Japan, prompting concerns that Pyongyang has launched a spy campaign.

Dec 13, 2017

By Isabelle Gerretsen

North Korea Japan Shinzo Abe

In pictures: The Second Sino-Japanese War and Nanjing Massacre

China is marking the 80th anniversary of the Nanjing Massacre in which it says Japanese troops killed 300,000 people.

Dec 13, 2017

By David Sim

Japan History Pictures

String of US Air Force Cadets sexually assaulted at training academy

CBS News uncovered a culture of systematic sexual misconduct at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, which is a feeder school to the US Air Force.

Dec 12, 2017

By Josh Robbins

'Stop creating fake problems': LGBT groups react to court decision halting Trump transgender ban

LGBT groups hailed a federal court decision denying a stay on an injuction for Trump's transgender military ban, meaning the US military will allow transgender recruits from 2018.

Dec 11, 2017

By James Tennent

Donald Trump

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