International

Amnesty International has published a report decrying the conditions of foreigners and families unable to get food and medicine for months in Benghazi. "We're living like animals," one resident…

US Democratic presidential candidate, Hillary Clinton, has accused Republican rival Donald Trump of breaking US law by violating an embargo on Cuba.

A report alleges one of his companies…

Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte appeared to liken himself to Nazi leader Adolf Hitler on Friday and said he would “be happy” to exterminate three million drug users and peddlers in the…

Cross-border firing between Indian and Pakistani troops has claimed the lives of at least two Pakistani soldiers in the disputed region of Kashmir. The two nuclear-armed countries blame each other…

US lawmakers expressed doubts on Thursday about Sept. 11 legislation they forced on President Barack Obama, saying the new law allowing lawsuits against Saudi Arabia could be narrowed to ease…

A woman has been killed and 108 other people injured, some of them critically, after a commuter train crashed into a railroad station in the US state of New Jersey. The train reportedly went…

State assets, including water and electricity utilities, are to be transferred to a new asset fund created by international creditors. The plans have sparked demonstrations and public sector…

The presidential debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump was watched by 84 million people on US TV, breaking a previous record set 36 years ago.

Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan’s…

Talks aimed at reducing tensions between the US and Venezuela began a few months ago. The US is urging Maduro to work constructively with the opposition, something he has long resisted.

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Turkey has said 32,000 have been detained over links to Fethullah Gulen, who Ankara blames for the July coup attempt. Turkey continues to press the US to extradite the Pennsylvania-based religious…

Syrian government forces and their allies attacked the militant-held sector of Aleppo on several fronts on Tuesday.

Tuesday’s assault saw pro-government forces, which include the Syrian…

Police presence in the eastern German city has been boosted following Monday’s blasts at a mosque and convention center. The attack came less than a week before celebrations take place to mark…

Chinese officials have evacuated more than 100,000 people and recalled tens of thousands of fishing boats into port. Megi had hit Taiwan, leaving hundreds of people injured and three million…

Women leaders from 38 countries have sent a letter to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, urging him to initiate a peace process that would officially end the Korean War before he leaves office.

Israel plans to charge officials from Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman's party in a major corruption probe, with one also accused of drug offences, the attorney general said.

The charges…

Three blasts killed at least 17 people and wounded more than 50 in predominantly Shia Muslim districts of Baghdad on Tuesday, police and medical sources said.

A suicide bomber detonated his…

Britain will oppose all EU plans for increased military cooperation that could interfere with NATO, despite being about to leave the union, Defense Minister Michael Fallon said on Tuesday.

After a half-century of combat that spilled blood across this South American nation, Colombians have embarked on a new, but difficult path to settle their political differences with the signing of…

As many as 12 Afghan soldiers were killed in their sleep by comrades in an outpost near the northern city of Kunduz, an official said on Tuesday, in the latest so-called “insider attack”. Two…

Running as an anti-establishment candidate, Donald Trump took the presidential debate stage on Monday night to hammer home his call for sweeping political change and try to win over millions of…

Former Brazilian finance minister, Antonio Palocci, has been arrested in connection with a long-running inquiry into corruption at oil giant Petrobras.

Prosecutors said he had maintained a…

A gunman shot dead by police after he shot at people outside a shopping center in Houston, Texas, was a “disgruntled lawyer”, authorities said.

Nine people were injured, one of them…

The self-styled Islamic State terrorists are “dead set” on using chemical arms and will likely try them again as Iraqi forces advance on Mosul, a Pentagon spokesman said on Monday, a week after a…

Citizens of the Caucasus country are voting on changes to Azerbaijan's Constitution, which would give more powers to President Ilham Aliyev.

Opposition and rights groups say the proposed…

The center-right People’s Party is projected to win an overall majority in Galicia’s regional parliament while Basque Nationalist Party looks set to win the vote in its region.