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Colombia’s government and Marxist FARC guerrillas will scramble on Monday to revive a plan to end their 52-year war after voters rejected the hard-negotiated deal as too lenient on the rebels in a…

Hungarian PM Viktor Orban has declared victory in a referendum on mandatory EU migrant quotas, despite a low turnout that appeared to render it invalid.

Nearly 98% of those who took part…

Tensions between India and Pakistan are escalating, as a third skirmish between Indian forces and militants killed one border guard in an attack on a police army camp in the Kashmiri town of…

The Syrian government has demanded that militants lay down their weapons and leave the besieged city of Aleppo.

Fifty-two people were killed and many more injured in Ethiopia’s Oromia region during a protest at a religious festival, the government says.

Some died in a stampede after police employed…

Taliban fighters attacked the northern Afghan city of Kunduz overnight, entering urban areas and threatening a repeat of the assault in which they seized the city exactly a year ago.

Five policemen have been shot dead during a drive-by shooting in Egypt's volatile Sinai Peninsula. The attack has come just days after another police killing claimed by the Egypt affiliate of the…

Republican presidential nominee, Donald Trump, closed out a rough week for his campaign on Saturday by escalating personal attacks on Democrat Hillary Clinton, questioning her stamina and saying…

Pope Francis has said Mass in a largely empty stadium on a visit to Georgia after the majority Orthodox Christian Church asked followers to stay away.

Orthodox believers were asked not to…

Russia warned the United States on Saturday against carrying out any attacks on Syrian government forces, saying it would have repercussions across the Middle East as government forces captured a…

Pakistani military officials point to an Indian Army post high on a forested ridge along the Line of Control dividing Kashmir, insisting any incursions are impossible, after skirmishes ignited…

At least 77 people have been injured after a gas cylinder exploded in a cafe in the Spanish town of Velez-Malaga on the southern coast. Of those injured, five are in a serious condition. A…

People in Hungary are voting in a referendum on accepting mandatory EU quotas for relocating migrants.

Rightwing Prime Minister Viktor Orban opposes plans to relocate a total of 160,000…

Theresa May has said she plans to introduce a bill to scrap the legislation that took the UK into the European Union.

May also said the UK would not wait for the 2017 German election before…

Haiti has begun evacuating residents from high-risk areas as Hurricane Matthew threatens widespread damage with flash floods and winds of up to 240km/h, forecasters say.

The strongest…

Colombians look set to back a peace accord with Marxist rebels in a referendum on Sunday, the final hurdle to a deal ending 52 years of war that calls for FARC fighters to reenter society and form…

Pakistan has called on UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to intervene to help defuse tensions with India over Kashmir.  The UN has urged restraint after New Delhi carried out strikes inside…

The European Union’s environment ministers on Friday approved the ratification of the landmark Paris climate change pact, paving the way for the agreement to take effect in November.

“It’s…

Authorities have released two videos showing police shooting an unarmed black man in a suburb of San Diego, California. The footage was made public following days of protests.

Two grainy…

The sons of imprisoned drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman are suspected of launching an ambush on a military convoy in Mexico that left five soldiers dead, officials say.

Up to 80,000 children will die in northeastern Nigeria without much-needed humanitarian assistance, a senior UN official said. Boko Haram’s insurgency has left tens of thousands dead and millions…

Activists have criticized Rome’s City Council for not providing alternative housing for migrants displaced after police cleared a camp in the Italian capital.

Italy is on the frontline for…

Prime Minister Theresa May said she will listen to Scotland’s concerns over Britain’s exit from the European Union but that the devolved Scottish government will not have a veto over the Brexit…

Russia is sending more warplanes to Syria to ramp up its air campaign, a Russian newspaper reported on Friday, as the United States said diplomacy to halt the violence was “on life support” but…

A Chinese man has confessed to killing his parents in an argument over money and then killing 17 neighbors in an attempt to cover up his crime, state media reported. The youngest victim of the…