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Donald Trump has once more sparked criticism of the US administration's leadership skills. The presidential candidate held his opponent Hillary Clinton and sitting US President Barack Obama…

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will not visit a controversial shrine for the war dead in Tokyo on the anniversary of Japan's defeat in World War Two.

However, Abe plans to send a ritual…

Russian President Vladimir Putin has dismissed the head of Kremlin administration, Sergei Ivanov, on Friday and appointed Anton Vaino, Ivanov's former deputy, in his place, the Kremlin said in a…

The man killed during a Canadian police raid at his home in Ontario on Wednesday was a supporter of the self-styled Islamic State terrorist group and in the final stages of preparing an attack on…

One of three schoolgirls who left London in February 2015 to join the self-styled Islamic State terrorist group has died, her family lawyer told Reuters on Thursday. Attorney Tasnime Akunjee said…

A wave of coordinated explosions rattled multiple cities across southern Thailand, killing at least four people and wounding dozens more, police said on Friday.

Among the injured were 10…

Afghan forces, backed by the United States, have killed an estimated 300 fighters of the self-styled Islamic State terrorist group in an operation mounted two weeks ago, the top US and NATO…

Three soldiers were killed and 10 others were wounded in Turkey's southeastern Sirnak Province on Wednesday in an attack believed to have been carried out by militants of the Kurdistan Workers'…

A bus carrying Rio Olympics journalists came under attack and police were investigating whether bullets were fired from the notorious City of God favela.

Rio 2016 organizers said two…

Gunfire broke out in Ferguson, Missouri, after a car hit a protester marking the second anniversary of the death of Michael Brown. No one appeared to have been wounded by the gunfire. The extent…

Republican Donald Trump has sparked anger by appearing to suggest his supporters could stop his rival Hillary Clinton by exercising their gun rights.

Speaking at a rally in North Carolina,…

Venezuelan officials have set out the timetable for a recall referendum on whether President Nicolas Maduro should remain in power.

The Venezuelan opposition reacted angrily when they heard…

Vietnam has discreetly fortified several of its islands in the disputed South China Sea with new mobile rocket launchers capable of striking China’s runways and military installations across the…

Brazil’s Senate has voted to send President Dilma Rousseff to an impeachment trial on charges of breaking budget laws. A majority of lawmakers in the 81-seat chamber have decreed the trial would…

German authorities have arrested a man suspected of being a high-ranking militant of the self-styled Islamic State terrorist group. The arrest took place in the western town of Mutterstadt. A…

More than 2,000 leaked reports detail widespread abuse and trauma among children and women at Australia’s offshore detention center for asylum seekers on the Pacific island of Nauru.

The “…

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan cozied up to his “dear friend” Vladimir Putin on Tuesday in a visit intended to send a message to his allies in the West, whom he blames for what he…

Turkish Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag said on Tuesday 16,000 people have been arrested and remanded in custody in connection with last month’s failed coup attempt, while another 6,000 detainees…

Relatives of two men killed in the 2012 attack on the US Consulate in Libya have filed a lawsuit blaming the deaths on Hillary Clinton’s “reckless” handling of classified information in her…

A French court on Monday remanded in custody a 16-year-old girl accused of planning a militant attack in a country on edge following a series of brutal terror assaults, a judicial source said.

Nearly 100 people were killed in the weekend’s protests in Ethiopia, as demonstrators clashed with security forces in different parts of the country, Amnesty International said.

The rights…

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan landed in Russia on Tuesday for his first meeting with counterpart Vladimir Putin since the two leaders began healing a bitter feud over Ankara’s downing of…

Mexican authorities evacuated people from low-lying areas around the resort city Cabo San Lucas as a slightly weakened Tropical Storm Javier churned near the tip of Mexico’s Baja California…

An open letter signed by 50 Republican national security experts has warned that nominee Donald Trump “would be the most reckless president” in US history.

The group, which includes the…

Recent satellite photographs show China appears to have built reinforced aircraft hangars on its holdings in the disputed South China Sea islands, according to a Washington-based think tank.