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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has apologized for the downing of a Russian military jet on the Turkey-Syria border, a Kremlin spokesman said.

He said that Erdogan sent a message to…

A giant Chinese container ship has become the first vessel to move from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean via the newly-enlarged Panama Canal. The ship was greeted with fireworks and cheers from a…

Ernesto Fazzalari, the boss of the notorious ‘Ndrangheta crime syndicate, was arrested while in bed at a hideout in southern Italy’s Calabria region on Sunday morning without putting up a fight,…

Former US spy contractor Edward Snowden has failed in a legal bid to win guarantees from Norway that it would not extradite him to the United States if he went there to receive a free speech award…

Weapons shipped into Jordan for Syrian rebels by the Central Intelligence Agency and Saudi Arabia were stolen by Jordanian intelligence operatives and sold to arms merchants on the black market,…

Israel has reached a reconciliation deal with Turkey to end a bitter six-year rift between the Mideast powers, an official said Sunday.

Relations between the two sides imploded in May 2010…

Spain’s conservative People’s Party (PP) has won the general election and boosted their seats in parliament. However, the party still came up short of a majority, failing to end the country’s…

After Britain’s historic vote to leave the European Union, there is no indication that a so-called Brexit will happen soon. It maybe never will.

Four suicide bombers killed at least five people and wounded 19 more in a series of attacks in a Lebanese Christian village at the border with Syria on Monday, security sources said. There was no…

Iraqi forces say they have completely liberated the city of Fallujah from the Islamic State group after a month-long operation, marking one of their biggest victories since the terrorists swept…

Hillary Clinton has leads of 5 and 9% over her Republican rival Donald Trump in opinion polls. Her campaign has launched a multimillion dollar ad campaign attacking Trump. Two new opinion polls…

Turkish police detained 28 people on Saturday over allegations of funding the movement of US-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen, a foe of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the privately-owned Dogan…

Gudni Johannesson looks set to win Iceland’s presidential election. With a large section of the population in France to watch Euro 2016, the election could be the perfect antidote to the angst of…

The Chinese government said on Saturday it had stopped a communication mechanism with Taiwan because of the refusal of the self-ruled island’s new government to recognize the “one China” principle…

French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault has dismissed suggestions France’s border with the UK should be moved to UK soil post-Brexit.

Local politicians are calling for a return of border…

Three Mexican federal police agents were gunned down in the violence-torn southwestern state of Guerrero on Friday as they ate in a market, according to a security official. The three agents,…

EU officials have called for the UK to start the exit process “as soon as possible” after voters decided to leave the bloc. But the US president said their decision speaks to the “challenges…

At least 20 people, including an eight-year-old boy and a toddler, have died in flooding in West Virginia, according to state officials.

“Heavy storms and flooding have caused widespread…

Venezuelan opposition leaders say they have validated enough signatures on a petition to move to the next stage in a process to remove President Nicolas Maduro in a recall referendum.

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The US Democratic Party has voted against an amendment to its platform that would oppose the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement. The discursive move is a nod toward one of President Barack…

A wildfire has destroyed dozens of buildings and forced hundreds of people from their homes in central California. As many as 80 buildings in the mountain town of Lake Isabella have been destroyed…

Campaigning has intensified in Spain ahead of Sunday’s repeat parliamentary election, with opinion polls suggesting another four-way race.

The ruling conservative Popular Party led by…

Scottish leader Nicola Sturgeon says a new Scottish referendum on independence is “highly likely” because of Britain’s vote to leave the European Union.

She said on Friday legislation will…

US Democratic presidential candidate, Bernie Sanders, said on Friday he will vote for presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, Hillary Clinton, mainly as a way to stop Republican Donald Trump…

A violent storm in eastern China that packed gale-force winds and hail killed 98 people and injured hundreds as it flattened power lines, overturned cars and ripped roofs off houses in Jiangsu…