Avaneesh Pandey

The soldiers, belonging to Unit 8200, said in a letter that it was their “moral duty” to refuse to serve in the intelligence unit.

A UNICEF report, released Thursday, said that nearly two million children in South Asia die of preventable causes before their fifth birthday.

Tesla will be exempt from property taxes for up to 10 years and from local sales taxes for up to 20 years, saving the company nearly $1 billion.

India has set a target of generating 15 percent of its domestic power from renewable energy sources by 2020.

Turkey, however, did not sign the joint statement, signaling its unwillingness to participate directly in the fight against Islamic State.

China fined Volkswagen’s Audi $40.5 million and Fiat’s Chrysler $5.2 million after they were found guilty of price-fixing.

An Amnesty International report says that 665 Thai nationals have been detained since May on grounds such as “attitude adjustment.”

The combined asset sale, which will be done over the course of the year, is expected to add nearly $7.3 billion to the government's coffers.

Apple's arrangement with banks is expected to provide Apple with a huge chunk of the rapidly expanding mobile payments market.

Kerry’s visit starts a day after Obama reportedly expressed his readiness for airstrikes against ISIS in Syria without Congressional approval.

The report alleged that, between January 2013 and June 2014, thousands of asylum seekers from Sudan and Eritrea were forced to leave Israel.

Amazon, in July, announced an additional $2 billion investment in its India business, a day after Flipkart raised $1 billion in fresh capital.

Between 2012 and 2013, carbon dioxide levels increased at a much faster rate than in any other year since 1984.

A HRW report alleged that the soldiers, at two bases in Somalia, had attempted to cover up the incidents by giving the victims food or money.

Iraq's parliament had, earlier on Monday, approved a new government and named Haider al-Abadi as the country's prime minister.

Barak Barfi, a spokesperson for the slain journalist's family, also accused the U.S government of making a "number of inaccurate statements."

EU had earlier said that new sanctions, targeting Russia's defense and oil companies, could be announced if the cease-fire fell through.

The attacks reportedly targeted a major Sunni tribe called the Al-Jabour, which has sided with Iraqi forces against Islamic State.

The money -- donated by the Morningside Foundation, run by Gerald Chan and his brother -- will go to the Harvard School of Public Health.

Abu Qatada, who is being tried on terror charges in Jordan, called the Islamic State a “killing and demolition machine."

Hundreds of protesters, both in support of and against the beleaguered government, had assembled in Jawf when fighting broke out.

Fifty-two youths were arrested for demonstrating against the government and were kept in Alexandria’s Koum El Dekka prison.

Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis --an Egyptian Islamist group -- said that ISIS militants were training it to operate more effectively in Sinai.

Abu Hajar al-Sufi, believed to be a member of Baghdadi’s inner circle, is among those believed to have been killed in airstrikes in Mosul.

The Ukrainian military is reportedly preparing for an imminent rebel attack before a potential cease-fire starting Friday at 7 a.m. EDT.

The report also said that over six weeks of violence since July 13 has displaced nearly 100,000 people in LIbya

While Egypt has been hit by a series of blackouts in recent months, Thursday’s power cut was reportedly the most extensive one in years.

The offer of amnesty comes just days after U.S. airstrikes targeting al-Shabab leader Ahmed Abdi Godane killed at least six militants.

Since the rise of Islamic State, and the emergence of Islamist groups in Africa and elsewhere, al-Qaeda's clout among jihadists has been waning.