International

In a split vote, the United Nations Security Council has extended its peacekeeping mission in disputed Western Sahara for a year. It has also demanded its staff, expelled by Morocco last month, be…

Rescuers in the Kenyan capital Nairobi are searching for dozens of people feared trapped after the collapse of a seven-story building in heavy rain.

TV coverage from the scene showed a…

A group of hackers linked to the self-styled Islamic State terrorist group has posted online a list of thousands of New York residents and urged followers of the militant group to target them,…

A partial truce known as a “regime of calm” has come into effect in most parts of Syria apart from the divided second city of Aleppo.

The truce announced by the Syrian Army became…

China portrayed the visit on Saturday by the Japanese foreign minister as an act of outreach to an angry Beijing, as the two sides try to repair relations bedeviled by disputes over territory,…

Ireland’s age-old political enemies struck a historic deal on Friday night to create a fragile new government following an inconclusive election and two months of deadlock.

A helicopter with 13 people on board has crashed off the west coast of Norway, rescue services and media reported on Friday.

Several people could be seen in the ocean, while the helicopter…

North Korea has tightened security ahead of a ruling party congress, South Korea said on Friday, with authorities keen to avoid any “mishap” at the gathering at which advances in the drive for…

Protesters have hit the French streets as proposed reforms to the country's labor rules move closer to parliament.

The battle lines are drawn in a make-or-break moment for the socialist…

Edward Said, 13 years dead but intellectually un-buriable, used to say that there was only one “last taboo” in the United States.

The death toll from the most recent airstrikes in the Syrian city of Aleppo has risen to 30.

Damascus and Moscow have both denied accusations from the opposition that they carried out the…

The US military announced on Friday that has it taken disciplinary action against 16 service members over a deadly Oct. 3 airstrike in Afghanistan that destroyed a hospital run by the…

North Korea has sentenced a US man to 10 years of hard labor for spying.

Kim Dong-chul, a 62-year-old naturalized US citizen born in South Korea, was arrested last October. Kim had…

Salah Abdeslam, suspected of playing a major part in the Paris attacks that killed 130 people, has been extradited to France from Belgium, Belgian federal prosecutors said on Wednesday.

"I…

Venezuela's government has imposed a two-day working week for public sector workers as a temporary measure to help it overcome a serious energy crisis.

Vice President Aristobulo Isturiz…

Up to $800m in cash held by the self-styled Islamic State has been destroyed in airstrikes, a US military official said.

Major General Peter Gersten, who is based in Baghdad, said the US…

Papua New Guinea is to close a detention center used by Australia for asylum seekers, Prime Minister Peter O’Neill has announced. 

His statement followed a Supreme Court ruling on…

Search crews on Tuesday found the missing data recorder of the sunken freighter El Faro, which went down in 15,000 feet of water last year after getting caught in Hurricane Joaquin.

Two German travelers and their local guide were wounded by shrapnel from a landmine in north Myanmar, close to an area of recent heavy fighting between ethnic minority rebel groups, officials said…

Pyongyang has announced that a party congress of the ruling Workers’ Party of Korea will be held on May 6, the first since 1980. 

The political convention comes amid growing tensions…

Iraqi lawmakers approved five of the prime minister’s candidates for a new Cabinet on Tuesday after weeks of delays and chaos at parliament, as thousands of people demonstrated for reforms.

Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton have emerged the clear victors of Tuesday’s primary races. Their rivals are already turning to the next contests in hopes of gaining ground.

“Super Tuesday…

Eleven men were shot dead in Cape Verde on Tuesday, including eight soldiers, a local civilian and two Spanish citizens, the minister of internal administration for the archipelago off the African…

Germany’s flagship carrier Lufthansa has said widespread strikes planned for Wednesday has forced it to cancel nearly 900 flights, leaving tens of thousands of passengers to make other travel…

North Korea appears to be preparing a test-launch of an intermediate-range ballistic missile, South Korea's Yonhap news agency said on Tuesday.