AFP, VILNIUS: Russia is again deploying nuclear-capable Iskander missiles into its Kaliningrad outpost that borders two NATO members, Lithuania said Saturday, warning the move was aimed at pressuring the West into making concessions over Syria and Ukraine. Poland also reacted angrily to Moscow’s…

AFP, JERUSALEM: A Palestinian opened fire from a car in Jerusalem on Sunday and again as Israeli police chased him, killing two people,  officials…

AFP, MADRID: More than 100 African migrants were saved from the Mediterranean off the coast of Spain on Saturday after attempting the perilous crossing to Europe on a rickety boat, officials said. “Today at least 104 people were saved,” said a spokeswoman for the Spanish public agency in…

AFP, ANKARA: Eight Turkish soldiers were killed in a car bomb attack on a security post on Sunday blamed on Kurdish militants in the restive southeast, local media reported, quoting the armed forces. Five soldiers were also injured in the attack in the southeastern province of Hakkari close…

AFP, BAGHDAD: A bombing targeting Shiites in Baghdad killed at least five people and wounded 21 others on Sunday, Iraqi officials said, an attack claimed by the Islamic State jihadist group. The attack struck the Baghdad Jadida area near a tent where Shiite Muslims provide refreshments to passersby…

AFP, CHEMNITZ, Germany: German police stepped up security at airports and train stations Sunday as they pressed a nationwide manhunt for a Syrian man suspected of plotting a bomb attack. The suspect, Jaber Albakr, 22, has been on the run since police commandos stormed his flat on Saturday and found…

AFP, KABUL: An Afghan army helicopter crashed in northern Afghanistan on Sunday, killing all seven people on board, the defence ministry said, citing technical failure. But the Taliban claimed they shot down the M-17 helicopter in Baghlan province, as the insurgents step up attacks on government forces.…