The Italian Navy rescued nearly 500 boat migrants off the coast of Libya on Monday and recovered the bodies of six people who fell out of a leaking rubber vessel.
Squads on two patrol boats…
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel received heavy criticism from her opponents as well as from within her own ranks. Her party, the Christian Democratic Union, stood at third place in state elections…
InternationalNorth Korea on Monday fired three suspected medium-range Rodong missiles that travelled about 1,000 kilometers and landed near Japan in an apparent show of force timed to the G-20 economic summit…
InternationalVotes are being counted in Hong Kong’s crucial election, with a record number of people turning out to cast their ballot. Preliminary tallies indicate young candidates from the new pro-democracy…
InternationalSyrian government forces and their allies again laid siege to militant-held eastern Aleppo on Sunday, while Turkish-backed fighters drove the self-styled Islamic State terrorist group from all the…
InternationalAfter an initial refusal, South Sudan’s president has agreed to the deployment of a regional protection force to boost the UN peacekeeping mission. UN ambassadors were on hand to secure the…
InternationalBritish Prime Minister Theresa May cast doubt on Sunday on the effectiveness of “points-based” immigration systems that screen applicants on the basis of factors like education and skills, setting…
InternationalPope Francis proclaimed Mother Teresa of Calcutta a saint of the Roman Catholic Church on Sunday, 19 years after her death.
Thousands of pilgrims in St. Peter’s Square applauded as the tiny…
InternationalStorm Hermine is regaining power as it moves up the US eastern seaboard, threatening the northeast with dangerous coastal surges.
Hermine is forecast to return to the Category 1 hurricane…
InternationalAfter “constructive” talks with Turkish President Recep Tayyib Erdogan, German Chancellor Merkel she said there could be “good news” for lawmakers who want to visit German troops in Turkey. And…
InternationalThe British government will set out in the coming week how it plans to shape its relationship with the European Union upon leaving the bloc, Prime Minister Theresa May said in an interview…
InternationalUS President Barack Obama said the United States and Russia were working on Sunday to finalize a ceasefire in Syria that would allow more deliveries of humanitarian aid in the war-torn country.…
InternationalThe militant group Boko Haram has reportedly carried out an attack in eastern Niger.
It’s the first such attack since a June offensive by the group that sent tens of thousands fleeing from…
InternationalA top leader of the Jamaat-e-Islami party has been hanged after his conviction by a controversial war crimes tribunal. He is the fifth leader from the party to be executed since 2010.
InternationalDonald Trump has visited a black church in Detroit in an attempt to claw some of the minority vote away from Democratic rival Hillary Clinton.
He told the congregation he “fully understands…
InternationalVoters have headed to the polls in Hong Kong to elect the city’s Legislative Council.
The election is the first major poll since the start of pro-democracy street protests in Hong Kong in…
InternationalTurkey has launched a new effort to back militants in northern Syria.
More tanks crossed into the war-torn country to help opposition fighters battling the self-styled Islamic State…
InternationalUS President Barack Obama said on Sunday bilateral talks with China’s Xi Jinping had been “extremely productive”, as world leaders gathered for a G20 summit expected to address sluggish global…
InternationalLibyan forces said they had advanced against some of the last holdouts of the self-styled Islamic State terrorist group in Sirte on Saturday, as fighting resumed after several days of relative…
InternationalAn Afghan official says at least 36 passengers, including women and children, have been killed when their bus collided with a fuel tanker in southern Zabul Province. Gul Islam Seyal, spokesman for…
InternationalEight members of Turkey’s security forces and 11 militants from the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) were killed in clashes overnight in southeast Turkey, security sources said on Saturday…
InternationalOusted ex-president Dilma Rousseff has promised to provide a strong opposition to the new center-right government. Her lawyers have already launched an appeal against her removal from office.
InternationalSpanish lawmakers have voted against acting Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, denying him a mandate to form a new government.
After two votes of no-confidence in the assembly, Spain seems to be…
InternationalA half-century old insurgency is set to come to an end in Colombia on September 26.
That’s when President Juan Manuel Santos and long-time foe Rodrigo Londono, known by his nom de…
InternationalThe funeral of Uzbekistan’s President Islam Karimov, who died after a stroke this week aged 78, has taken place in the city of Samarkand. Thousands earlier lined the streets of the capital,…
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