Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said on Thursday Britain plans to trigger Article 50, the formal process for leaving the European Union, early next year.
“We are talking to our European…
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Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said on Thursday Britain plans to trigger Article 50, the formal process for leaving the European Union, early next year.
“We are talking to our European…
South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se accused North Korea on Thursday of “totally ridiculing” the authority of the United Nations through its nuclear and missile tests and said it was time to…
Britain should apologize for its 1917 declaration endorsing the founding of a Jewish homeland in Palestine and should recognize Palestine as a state, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on…
A rocket launched by the terrorists of the self-styled Islamic State militant group at American troops based in Iraq did contain a mustard agent, the US military has confirmed. No one was hurt in…
Russia and the United States have failed to agree on terms to restore a short-lived ceasefire in Syria.
Violence flared up anew as the Syrian Army announced the start of a new offensive in…
Iraqi forces backed by airstrikes from the US-led coalition gained complete control of the northern district of Shirqat on Thursday, bringing the military a step closer to a main push on Mosul…
Charlotte’s mayor has imposed a curfew after days of unrest in the North Carolina city. However, police said that they did not want to forcibly remove people from the streets if protests remained…
Twelve police officers have been injured during protests sparked by the police shooting of a black man in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Demonstrators destroyed marked police cars around the…
Britain will remain active on the global stage despite its vote to leave the EU, British Prime Minister Theresa May said at the UN summit. She also reiterated her views on limiting refugee…
Ahmad Khan Rahami has been charged with planting several bombs in two US states, including one that injured 31 people. He already faces charges in connection with a police shootout.
Brazil's former president, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, will stand trial on corruption and money laundering charges over an alleged scheme at the state oil company, Petrobras, a judge has said.…
Two US supersonic bombers flew over South Korea on Wednesday, with one of them landing at an air base 40 km south of the capital, the second such flight since North Korea's Sept. 9 nuclear test.…
US President Barack Obama has told a United Nations summit that the global intake of refugees is set to double in 2016.
Seven EU states are set to admit at least 10 times more migrants than…
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday called on world leaders at the United Nations to take measures against a US-based cleric's "terrorist network" that he said threatened their…
Indians have reacted with outrage after passersby watched a woman being stabbed more than 20 times on a busy street in the capital, Delhi. CCTV footage showed a man on a motorcycle approach…
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon railed on Tuesday against leaders who keep "feeding the war machine" in Syria as he bowed out of the world stage, while US President Barack Obama said there was no…
France said it wants to organize an international conference before the end of the year to present Israelis and Palestinians with a package of incentives if they reach a peace agreement.
Authorities have arrested and charged the Afghan-born American wanted in connection with weekend bombings in New York and New Jersey. The assailant shot two officers during a firefight in Linden,…
As many as 4,000 migrants have been evacuated from the Moria camp after a major fire broke out at the facility.
Some 150 minors were taken to a children’s village on the island. Thousands…
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi announced on Tuesday the launch of a military operation to retake Shirqat, a bastion of the self-styled Islamic State terrorist group 100 km south of the…
World leaders gathered at the United Nations for their annual meeting on Tuesday with an array of global crises that desperately need solutions, topped by the Syrian conflict, escalating attacks…
One day after her conservative party got hammered in Berlin’s local election, Chancellor Angela Merkel took responsibility for the loss. She also said there would be no repeat of “uncontrolled”…
Italy says two of its nationals have been abducted while media reports suggest a Canadian is also missing. Little is known about the location from where they were taken, or their identities. The…
US President Barack Obama and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang agreed on Monday to step up cooperation in the United Nations Security Council and in law-enforcement channels after North Korea’s fifth…
Militants attacked an Indian Army brigade headquarters near the de facto border with Pakistan on Sunday, killing 17 soldiers in one of the most deadly attacks in the northern region of Kashmir in…
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