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US Republican presidential nominee, Donald Trump, has said the election is “absolutely rigged” by the “dishonest media” and “at many polling places”. His comments appear to contradict his running…

Kuwait’s emir has once again ordered the dissolution of parliament on Sunday, saying regional developments and “security challenges” meant the national assembly should choose fresh representatives…

Chancellor Angela Merkel has criticized Germany's lack of progress in deporting migrants who have had their claim to stay in the country turned down. She said it was necessary to reassure voters…

British lawmakers from across the political spectrum will press their bid to force Prime Minister Theresa May to give parliament a vote on her negotiating strategy for leaving the European Union,…

Angry Haitians looted aid trucks as the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon visited parts of the country hit by Hurricane Matthew that killed 900 people.

Ban said he witnessed a looting…

Thailand’s Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn wants his coronation held off for at least a year, government officials say.

King Bhumibol Adulyadej died on Thursday and the crown prince wants…

Donald Trump has called for his rival Hillary Clinton to take a drug test before the next televised debate, while a ninth woman has come forward saying that Trump has assaulted her.

A US-hosted meeting of major world and regional powers made only piecemeal headway on creating a new, multilateral track for ending the beleaguered country’s grinding war.

US Secretary of…

Iraqi aircraft dropped “tens of thousands” of leaflets, some bearing safety instructions for Mosul residents, ahead of an operation to retake the city from militants, the military said.

The US military detected a failed North Korean test launch of an intermediate ballistic missile, the Pentagon said on Saturday.

The test-firing was the latest in a series conducted by North…

The Saudi-led coalition fighting the Houthi movement in Yemen attacked a funeral there after receiving incorrect information that armed Houthi leaders were in the area, an investigative body set…

Around 55 people were killed in Iraq in attacks on Saturday that targeted a Shia Muslim gathering, a police checkpoint and the family of a Sunni paramilitary leader opposed to the self-styled…

British and French officials have begun registering unaccompanied children in the Calais "Jungle" who are hoping to join relatives in Britain.

A significant number of child refugees will…

A US federal court has charged three men planning to attack an apartment building that also harbored a mosque.

The case came after a months-long FBI probe into a local rightwing militia…

A key aim of this weekend’s high-level meeting on Syria is to get countries that support moderate opposition groups to use their influence to work for a new ceasefire, Russia’s UN ambassador said…

Mexico expects to extradite drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman to the United States by February, the country’s top security official says. But Guzman can appeal any decision to extradite him and…

In an effort to combat climate change, representatives of 197 countries meeting in Rwanda have agreed to limit the use of HFC gases commonly used in refrigeration.

A majority of the world’s…

Libyan pro-government forces have advanced into another area in their battle to liberate Sirte from the self-styled Islamic State terrorist group in fighting that killed 14 of their troops,…

The head of Thailand’s Royal Advisory Council will stand in as regent while the country grieves over the death of King Bhumibol Adulyadej and awaits for his son to formally succeed him, the…

The people of Thailand are mourning the death of King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the world’s longest-reigning monarch, who died on Thursday at the age of 88.

Thousands clad in black are lining the…

Militant group Boko Haram has freed 21 of the more than 200 girls it kidnapped in April 2014 in the northern Nigerian town of Chibok, after mediation by Switzerland and the International Red Cross…

The US military launched cruise missile strikes on Thursday to knock out three coastal radar sites in areas of Yemen controlled by Houthi forces, retaliating after failed missile attacks this week…

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has unveiled plans for a second referendum on Scottish independence, saying Scotland should be able to make this choice “before the UK leaves the EU”. Scots had…

The Committee to Protect Journalists has said Republican candidate Donald Trump is a threat to press freedom.

The unprecedented move comes as Trump attacks the media for “framing” him over…

Incoming UN chief Antonio Guterres has pledged to be a bridge-builder to help countries unite and overcome differences. His selection as UN chief was greeted by widespread praise.