International

US media reported that Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has chosen the Indiana governor as his running mate.

The choice suggests Trump might be trying to mend bridges with the…

A heavily armed Ugandan military convoy has crossed into South Sudan to evacuate citizens trapped by recent fighting in the capital, Juba, according to officials.

A decision invalidating China’s vast claims in the South China Sea was a “crowning glory” that renews faith in international law, the Philippines’ top lawyer said on Friday, in Manila’s strongest…

New Prime Minister Theresa May ruthlessly overhauled the British Cabinet on Thursday, sacking a raft of ministers, promoting loyalists and putting supporters of Britain’s exit from the European…

The United States is not really interested in defeating terrorists in Syria as it really wants “to control and use them”, Syrian President Bashar Assad told NBC News in an exclusive interview,…

Kabul has no plans to revive a peace process aimed at bringing the Taliban to the negotiating table after a four-nation effort earlier this year produced no results, the spokesman of Afghan…

A gunman at the wheel of a heavy truck plowed into a crowd celebrating Bastille Day in the French city of Nice on Thursday, killing at least 84 people and injuring scores more in what President…

A news agency linked to the self-styled Islamic State terrorist group, Amaq, has claimed that Abu Omar al-Shishani, reported to be the group’s chief military strategist, has been killed south of…

A suicide bomber killed at least seven people north of Baghdad on Wednesday, security and medical sources said, in the second bombing claimed by the self-styled Islamic State terrorist group in…

Japan's Emperor Akihito has announced his intention to abdicate in the coming years, public broadcaster NHK reports.

The 82-year-old, who has had health problems in recent years, reportedly…

The death toll from a high speed train crash in southern Italy rose to 27 on Wednesday, after rescuers worked through the night to try to extract bodies from the tangled wreckage and continued…

A global migration databank to track migrants and refugee movements is set to be established under the auspices of the German government.

The move was announced by the International…

Ten of the 12 candidates vying to be the next United Nations secretary-general took part in live televised debates on Tuesday, a first for the world body, but attempts to bring unprecedented…

China vowed to take all necessary measures to protect its sovereignty in the South China Sea and said it had the right to set up an air defense zone, after rejecting an international tribunal’s…

A car bomb exploded on the Syrian-Jordanian border early on Tuesday, the Jordanian military said, killing and wounding several Jordanian border guards in an attack that raised new questions about…

US President Barack Obama has implored Americans of all races to show more unity and understanding as he addressed a memorial ceremony for five police officers shot dead in Dallas last week.

Turkey aims to develop good relations with Syria and Iraq, and both countries need to be stable for counter-terrorism efforts to succeed, Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said on Wednesday…

The site in South Korea, which will be the base for an advanced US missile defense system that the government says is designed to cope with North Korean threats, will be announced on Wednesday,…

Iraqi government forces advancing on the city of Mosul held by the self-styled Islamic State terrorist group retook a village from IS on Tuesday and linked up along the Tigris River with army…

Egypt’s police have been implicated in an “unprecedented spike” in enforced disappearances since early 2015 aimed at quashing dissent, Amnesty International said in a report on Wednesday.

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Twelve people have been killed and dozens more hurt in a head-on collision involving two passenger trains in southern Italy, reports say.  The two trains were on a single-track line at the…

Democrat Bernie Sanders will team up with Hillary Clinton on the campaign trail for the first time on Tuesday, joining her in New Hampshire, where he is expected to endorse her White House…

A humanitarian group said it recovered the bodies of four migrants and rescued around 400 survivors on Tuesday from an overcrowded wooden boat in the Mediterranean between Italy and Libya.

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A ceasefire appears to be holding in South Sudan’s capital, Juba, after four days of heavy fighting between rival forces left hundreds dead. The city is quiet, with no reports of helicopter…

British Prime Minister David Cameron has made a statement saying Theresa May will take over as prime minister on Wednesday.

May became the sole candidate for the post after rival Andrea…