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Rebels supported by Turkey fought Kurdish-backed forces in northern Syria on Saturday, as Ankara ratcheted up its cross-border offensive by saying it had launched air strikes against both Kurdish…

One of Venezuela’s main opposition leaders, Daniel Ceballos, has been sent back to jail. Ceballos had been released from prison last year and placed under house arrest for health reasons. In a…

An ambush on a military patrol in Paraguay has left at least eight soldiers dead. The country’s interior minister said the soldiers had been on a routine mission when they were attacked with…

British Prime Minister Theresa May will not hold a parliamentary vote on Brexit before formally triggering Britain's withdrawal from the European Union.

Hopes of finding more survivors from Italy’s powerful earthquake faded on Friday, with the death toll rising to 281 and the rescue operation in some of the stricken areas called off.

The last time US Vice President Joe Biden flew to Turkey, in January, he had a stern message for President Recep Tayyip Erdogan: His model of democracy was setting a bad example by intimidating…

The UN Security Council has strongly condemned North Korea for test-firing ballistic missiles and agreed to take “significant measures” in response to the latest series of launches. The 15-member…

Following nearly 10 hours of talks between US Secretary of State John Kerry and his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov in Geneva, Kerry told reporters that they had “achieved clarity on the path…

Tunisia’s Parliament on Friday resoundingly approved the unity government of Youssef Chahed, backing a new Cabinet lineup that will have to tackle the country’s pressing socioeconomic and security…

The UN has prepared a far-reaching mission employing hundreds of observers to verify an end to the 50-year conflict between the government and FARC rebels. The deal is set to be tested by a…

Bangladesh security forces killed four militants on Saturday, including the alleged mastermind of an attack on a cafe in Dhaka last month in which 22 people, mostly foreigners, were killed, the…

Russian Helicopters, part of state corporation Rostec, has conducted a technical examination of the Iranian Helicopter Support and Renewal Company.  

The audit has resulted in a…

The Philippine government and Maoist-led rebels signed an indefinite ceasefire agreement on Friday as part of efforts to end a conflict that has lasted almost five decades and killed at least 40,…

Sixteen people were killed after militants stormed the American University of Afghanistan in Kabul, officials said on Thursday, in a nearly 10-hour raid that prompted anguished pleas for help from…

Kurdish militants on Friday attacked a police checkpoint in southeast Turkey with an explosives-laden truck, killing at least 11 police officers and wounding 78 others.

The attack struck…

The Bolivian government says its deputy interior minister has been kidnapped and killed by striking miners. Rodolfo Illanes and his bodyguard were seized earlier on Thursday at a roadblock in…

The number of people killed in an earthquake that flattened parts of central Italy rose to 267 on Friday, as rescue workers pulled more bodies from mounds of debris and families prepared to hold…

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday said he would tell US Vice President Joe Biden that Washington has no excuse for not handing over the Pennsylvania-based cleric blamed for last…

US President Barack Obama has toured the flood-ravaged areas of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where he vowed to help residents rebuild in the coming months.

“We are heartbroken by the loss of…

Riek Machar fled the capital, Juba, last month after fighting broke out between his supporters and government troops.

Meanwhile, US Secretary of State John Kerry is pressing Juba to…

Car bombs outside a hotel in Thailand’s southern region have killed one and wounded over 30. The country’s more than 10-year-old ethnic conflict has again burst into the public eye.

“A…

A 21-year-old British woman has died after she was attacked with a knife in front of 30 people at an Australian backpackers’ hostel. A 30-year-old British man was also severely injured in the…

Turkish special forces units and jets supported by warplanes from the US-led coalition launched an operation in northern Syria on Wednesday to wipe out the self-styled Islamic State terrorist…

A North Korean ballistic missile fired from a submarine on Wednesday flew about 500 kilometers in the longest flight by that type of weapon, Seoul officials said, a range that can place much of…

At least 38 people died in a powerful earthquake that hit central Italy early on Wednesday, a spokeswoman for the civil protection department said.

The quake struck towns and villages in…