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Rightwing protestors dressed in mock Muslim outfits and chanting anti-Islamic slogans stormed a church service on Australia’s east coast.

The protestors interrupted a service held at…

Zambian opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema has alleged the elections are being rigged, as current President Edgar Lungu pulls ahead in the count. Final results have continued to be delayed…

Shots have been fired during new protests in the US city of Milwaukee, police say, as demonstrators took to the streets for a second night. Protests erupted on Saturday after Sylville Smith, 23,…

Violence has broken out on the streets of the US city of Milwaukee, after an armed man, 23, was shot dead in a police chase on Saturday.

The man fled from a car after being stopped by…

The Nigerian militant group Boko Haram has released a video purporting to show some of the kidnapped Chibok schoolgirls.

Some 50 girls wearing headscarves are seen behind a Boko Haram…

At least 10 children have been killed in a suspected Saudi airstrike on a school in Yemen, a week after the collapse of UN-brokered peace talks. The attack is likely to draw renewed criticism of…

Fidel Castro, the former Cuban leader, has made a rare public appearance at an event to mark his 90thbirthday. He appeared at a gala in Havana’s Karl Marx Theater with his brother, President Raul…

US Vice President Joe Biden is expected to visit Turkey in late August. The news came as Turkey’s Prime MinisterBinaliYildirimconfirmed Ankara would not make any compromises over the extradition…

A series of bombing and arson attacks in southern Thailand, which killed four people and wounded dozens, was orchestrated by a single person, Thai police said on Sunday, while a man has been…

One woman died and two girls were in serious condition a day after being attacked on a Swiss train by a man armed with a knife and flammable fluid, St. Gallen cantonal police said on Sunday.

At least three people have died and thousands have been rescued after historic flooding swamped the US state of Louisiana.The National Guard and emergency teams have used helicopters to rescue…

A Muslim cleric and an associate were fatally shot by a lone gunman on Saturday while walking together following afternoon prayers at a mosque in the New York City borough of Queens, authorities…

Hundreds of Filipinos have rallied in stormy weather against President Rodrigo Duterte’s approval of dictator Ferdinand Marcos’ burial in a heroes’ cemetery.A leftwing group is also planning to…

Residents in the northern Syrian city of Manbij have been celebrating new freedoms after being liberated from the rule of the self-styled Islamic State terrorist group.

Zambia’s president is leading in early results from an election whose campaign was marred by violence between rival factions.

The Russian and German foreign ministers, Sergey Lavrov and Frank-Walter Steinmeier respectively, will meet on Monday to discuss the conflicts in Ukraine and Syria, Russia’s Foreign Ministry said…

US Vice President Joe Biden is to visit Turkey on August 24, Prime Minister Binali Yildirim was quoted as saying by Turkish media on Saturday. Speaking to a group of Turkish journalists, Yildirim…

The leader of the self-styled Islamic State terrorist group’s branch in Afghanistan and Pakistan was killed in a US drone strike on July 26, a Pentagon spokesman said on Friday after the Afghan…

A man under arrest since Monday as part of the investigation into the killing of a French priest last month has been placed under formal investigation, a police source told Reuters on Friday. The…

United Nations peacekeepers in South Sudan have a robust new mandate and thousands of additional troops despite government opposition to the move, raising the possibility of clashes between blue…

The death of a Canadian supporter of the self-styled Islamic State terrorist group who authorities said was preparing an imminent attack has increased calls for Canadian Prime Minister Justin…

Thai officials said on Saturday they were looking for the culprits behind a string of coordinated bombings on Thursday night and Friday morning across five southern provinces. Some 30 people…

Hillary Clinton has released her tax returns, adding to the pressure on her Republican rival for the White House, Donald Trump, to do the same. The Democratic presidential candidate paid an…

The Colombian government and leftist FARC rebels have asked Pope Francis and the UN secretary-general for help in reaching a historic peace accord. A special war crimes court is one of the last…

Turkey on Saturday criticized a top UN human rights official for saying Ankara should stem its “thirst for revenge” after a failed coup attempt and denied people’s rights were being violated in a…