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Donald Trump shook up his White House transition team, putting running mate Mike Pence in charge and naming a cohort of Washington insiders—and three of his children—to help nail down picks for…

Elite Iraqi forces were engaged in “intense” fighting with militants in eastern Mosul on Saturday, an officer said, as civilians gathered on the city’s outskirts to flee the violence.

The Russian Defense Ministry said on Saturday it would need the UN mission in Syria to formally confirm its ability to deliver aid to eastern Aleppo before Moscow agreed to any new humanitarian…

The UN’s special advisor on preventing genocide, Adama Dieng, said he feared escalating ethnic violence in South Sudan, as the EU offered emergency aid for the swelling number of refugees on…

As uncertainty over a possible parliamentary clash on Brexit continues, some UK lawmakers said on Friday they would vote against a British withdrawal from the EU.

The self-styled Islamic State terrorist group executed dozens more people in and around Mosul this week, UN human rights spokeswoman, Ravina Shamdasani, said on Friday.

Iraqi security forces are preparing to advance toward Mosul airport on the city’s southern edge to increase pressure on the self-styled Islamic State terrorists fighting troops who breached their…

Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets in several US cities for a second night of nationwide protests over the stunning election of Donald Trump to the presidency.

Trump, commenting…

A Taliban suicide bomber rammed a car packed with explosives into a wall around the German Consulate in the northern Afghan city of Mazar-i-Sharif late on Thursday, killing at least four civilians…

A US-led coalition airstrike killed 20 civilians, including two children, overnight in a village near the self-styled Islamic State terrorist group’s Syrian stronghold of Raqqa, a monitor said on…

Canada’s main immigration website appeared to crash and New Zealand reported increased traffic to its website for residency visas from US nationals in the hours before Donald Trump surged to…

Pakistan on Wednesday deported National Geographic’s famed green-eyed “Afghan Girl” to her native Afghanistan after a regional court had convicted her on charges of carrying a forged Pakistani ID…

A bill preventing supporters of the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement from entering Israel was authorized on Monday for its first reading in the Israeli Parliament, according to Israeli…

South Korean opposition parties on Wednesday rejected President Park Geun-Hye’s offer to share power to overcome a crippling crisis, calling in effect for a caretaker government.

In a major…

The Syrian Army said it has taken a strategic district of Aleppo in what would mark the most important advance in the divided city by the government and its allies in weeks.

However, anti-…

Republican Donald Trump stunned the world by defeating heavily favored rival Hillary Clinton in Tuesday’s presidential election, ending eight years of Democratic rule and sending the United States…

Gunmen have killed 36 gold miners in northwest Nigeria, police say. The attackers overran a mining camp in the Maru District of Zamfara state, in the latest in a series of similar raids in the…

Democrat and Republican Donald Trump faced voters on Tuesday, as millions of Americans turned out on Election Day to pick the next US president and end a bruising campaign that polls said favored…

The Philippines’ Supreme Court has voted to allow the body of former leader, Ferdinand Marcos, to be moved to the Heroes’ Cemetery in Manila.  The decision follows months of protests, with…

South Korean President Park Geun-hye said on Tuesday she will withdraw her nominee for prime minister if parliament recommends a candidate and is willing to let the new premier control the Cabinet…

Thailand’s military government will submit a constitution for royal endorsement on Tuesday, Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha said, a step that should pave the way for a general election in 2017.…

At least 25 soldiers died in weekend fighting between rival Puntland and Galmudug regional forces in the divided Somali town of Galkayo, military officials on both sides said on Monday.

The United States is prepared to carry out more airstrikes against the self-styled Islamic State terrorists in Sirte if requested by Libya’s UN-backed government, even though the militant group no…

Israel formally rejected France’s invitation to take part in a Middle East peace conference in Paris later this year, saying it was a distraction from the goal of direct negotiations with the…

Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega has overwhelmingly won reelection to a third consecutive term as voters cheered in the streets and overlooked criticism that he is installing a family…