International

The provincial offices of Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization have notified travel agencies to inform travelers of the potential risks of visiting Zika-hit countries,…

Charities said they’re worried about the safety of minors and vulnerable adults ahead of the dismantling of the French migrant camp. Police fired smoke grenades as people grew angry at the “Jungle…

The battle for control of the northern Syrian city of Aleppo intensified on Sunday with airstrikes, ground offensives and shelling, the morning after a resurgence in fighting ended a Russian…

Warplanes from a Saudi-led coalition attacked targets in Sana’a at dawn on Sunday, hours after a three-day truce in Yemen’s war expired, residents in the capital said.

The Colombian government and FARC rebels met in Cuba on Saturday to begin fresh talks to rewrite a peace deal that was narrowly defeated in a referendum earlier this month. Both sides remain…

A group of Somali pirates has released 26 hostages after holding them captive for over four-and-a-half years. The men all worked on a fishing ship when they were attacked near the Seychelles.

The Iraqi Army has said it has captured the town of Hamdaniyah, near Mosul, as the offensive to drive out the self-styled Islamic State terrorist group continues. Fumes from a nearby sulfur…

Multiple blasts in a park area of the Japanese city of Utsunomiya have killed at least one person and injured at least two, emergency services say. The explosions took place almost simultaneously…

An Egyptian court confirmed a 20-year prison sentence against former president, Mohamed Mursi, on Saturday, judicial sources said.

It is the first final verdict against Mursi on charges…

Calm prevailed across the divided Syrian city of Aleppo on Saturday, the third day of a unilateral ceasefire announced by Russia, but medical evacuations and aid deliveries have yet to take place…

Venezuela’s political opposition is gearing up for massive street protests next week, after the government blocked a referendum drive aimed at recalling President Nicolas Maduro.

The Iraqi Army on Saturday stormed a Christian town that had been under the control of the self-styled Islamic State terrorist group since 2014 as part of US-backed operations to clear the…

France will begin dismantling the “Jungle” migrant camp in the port of Calais on Monday morning, officials say.

Authorities say some 7,000 people live in the camp in squalid conditions.…

Hackers unleashed a complex attack on the Internet through common devices like webcams and digital recorders and cut access to some of the world’s best known websites on Friday, a stunning breach…

A Cameroon train derailed on a busy route, killing at least 55 and injuring 575 people.

 The train was headed to the country’s commercial city of Douala from the capital, Yaounde. In a…

Beijing lashed out at the US after an American warship sailed near disputed islands in the South China Sea, calling the US a “troublemaker”. Two Chinese warships warned the US destroyer to leave…

Republican presidential candidate, Donald Trump, gained on his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton among American voters this week, cutting her lead nearly in half, according to Reuters/Ipsos polling…

Two police officers involved in the fatal shooting of a 24-year-old unarmed black man will not be disciplined, police in the US city Minneapolis say. Police say an internal probe found the…

Militants from Al-Nusra Front (now Jabhat Fateh al-Sham) and Ahrar ash-Sham terrorist groups are sabotaging UN efforts supported by Damascus and Moscow to deliver humanitarian aid to eastern…

The Turkish military said on Friday it had killed 12 Kurdish militants in southeast Turkey and another six in airstrikes in northern Iraq, while also targeting their allied fighters in northern…

President Rodrigo Duterte has declared the Philippines’ “separation” from longstanding ally the United States during a visit in Beijing, as he rebalances his country’s diplomacy toward China.

Electoral officials in Venezuela have suspended a recall referendum campaign against President Nicolas Maduro, a move that further challenges opposition efforts to oust the socialist leader in the…

Israeli troops in the occupied West Bank shot dead a Palestinian teenager who hurled rocks at a patrol, the army said.

The incident occurred in the Beit Ummar area near the city of Al-…

Damascus has reacted harshly to the bombing of Kurdish militias in northern Syria on Thursday morning by Turkey’s air force, vowing to intervene next time Ankara sends its planes over its border…

President Barack Obama has said Republican Donald Trump’s insistence that he might not accept the election result is “dangerous”.

Speaking at a campaign rally in Miami for Democratic…