International

Militants holed up in Aleppo can leave with their families if they lay down their arms, President Bashar al-Assad said on Thursday, vowing to press on with the assault on Syria’s largest city and…

The Philippine defense chief said on Friday that he told the US military that plans for joint patrols and naval exercises in the disputed South China Sea have been put on hold, the first concrete…

Two Russian Blackjack bombers were intercepted by fighter jets from four European countries as they flew from the direction of Norway to northern Spain and back, it has emerged.

Thousands of residents have fled or face deteriorating conditions as fighting between Afghan forces and Taliban militants entered its third day in the embattled northern city of Kunduz, officials…

Clashes between police and student protesters forced South Africa’s Wits University to suspend classes for the second time in less than a month, as unrest mounted again over education costs.

International donors are meeting in Brussels, Belgium, to raise billions more dollars in aid for Afghanistan.

More than 70 countries are at the talks, hosted by the European Union. They are…

Juan Manuel Santos will meet presidential predecessors, Alvaro Urbie and Andreas Pastrana, to discuss peace with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia A glimmer of hope (FARC).…

Lawmakers in Myanmar have repealed a law often used to target political dissidents under the former military regime. A law that has been on the books for over 60 years and was often used to…

Airstrikes on a village with a mainly Kurdish population near Syria’s northern border with Turkey and controlled by the self-styled Islamic State terrorist group killed and injured dozens on…

Donald Trump was likened to a “fool or maniac” while Hillary Clinton was dismissed as “weak and feckless” in a punchy vice presidential debate. Democratic Virginia Senator Tim Kaine and Republican…

US Secretary of State John Kerry on Wednesday urged Afghanistan’s Taliban militants to follow the recent example of a notorious warlord and make an “honorable” peace with the Kabul government.

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi warned Turkish troops based in northern Iraq of a “regional war”, according to comments broadcast on state TV on Wednesday.

Hurricane Matthew roared toward the southern Bahamas with its dangerous winds early Wednesday, leaving behind widespread damage and human suffering in Haiti’s poor, rural southwestern peninsula…

The United States broke off talks with Russia on Monday on implementing a ceasefire agreement in Syria and accused Moscow of not living up to its commitments under the Sept. 9 deal to halt…

Pockets of Taliban fighters held out overnight against Afghan government forces in the northern city of Kunduz, a police official said on Tuesday, a day after the militants pushed deep into the…

Hillary Clinton has attacked Donald Trump as the symbol of a “rigged system” after it emerged that he may not have paid income tax for 18 years.

“It’s Trump first and everyone else last,”…

The fiercest Caribbean storm in almost a decade ripped into Haiti's southwestern peninsula early on Tuesday with 145 mile-per-hour (230 kph) winds and storm surges that killed at least one person…

Thirty-seven people, including leading members of Spain's ruling Popular Party, have gone on trial in Madrid accused of involvement in a massive corruption network.

Three former PP…

Egypt’s Interior Ministry said early on Tuesday that it killed a senior Muslim Brotherhood leader it said was responsible for the group’s “armed wing” and another member of the group in a shootout…

Estonia has voted for its first female president, ending a month-long political stalemate. Kersti Kaljulaid, 46, was confirmed in an 81-0 vote in Estonia’s 101-seat parliament on Monday after…

Colombia’s president has vowed to “reach satisfactory solutions for everyone” after a truce with FARC rebels was rejected by a razor-thin margin. Voters were unhappy with perceived soft treatment…

Turkish authorities have suspended 12,801 police officers from duty, police headquarters said on Tuesday, over their suspected links with US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen and his network, blamed by…

A total of 6,055 migrants were rescued off the coast of Libya on Monday, one of the largest rescues in a single day.

Italy's coastguard also said nine bodies had been recovered. Rescuers…

Clashes in northern Syria have killed 15 Turkey-backed rebels fighting the self-styled Islamic State terrorist group in the last 24 hours, according to the Turkish military that launched a cross-…

Photojournalist Jeroen Oerlemans was fatally shot on Sunday while accompanying mine-clearing teams in the Libyan city of Sirte, according to fellow journalist Joanie de Rijke, who was…