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The death toll from a Taliban attack on a government security agency’s building in the Afghan capital on Tuesday has risen to at least 28, the Kabul police chief said, with more than 320 wounded…

At least 413 people are now known to have died in the earthquake that struck Ecuador, the country’s government says.

The 7.8 magnitude quake struck Ecuador’s Pacific coast on Saturday and…

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has confirmed he intends to call an election for July 2.

On Monday, Australia’s upper house, the Senate, rejected a piece of government…

Somalia’s political leadership has issued condolences over unconfirmed reports saying scores of migrants may have drowned in the Mediterranean Sea. Their boat had apparently lost communication…

Police have detained over 100 suspects for their alleged links to US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen. The raids were the latest in a series targeting Gulen’s allegedly “terror group,” accused of…

South Korean President Park Geun-hye will make a state visit to Iran from May 1 to 3 to meet President Hassan Rouhani and initiate discussions with Iran on a wide range of areas including energy…

At least 272 people have been confirmed dead and more than 1,500 people injured after Ecuador was hit by its most powerful earthquake in decades. Some 10,000 troops and 3,500 police are being…

The guerilla group’s commander-in-chief has accused paramilitary groups of undermining a peace process. The FARC leader called for a divine intervention to ensure peace prevails in the…

At least 7,000 people took to the streets of Brussels in a march “against terror and hate”.

Heading the processions were some of those caught up in the suicide bomb attacks on Belgium’s…

The self-styled Islamic State terrorist group’s income and the population under its control have both fallen by about a third, a US-based analysis firm said, describing the declining revenue as a…

Brazil’s leftist President Dilma Rousseff suffered a humiliating loss in a crucial impeachment vote in the lower house of Congress on Sunday and is almost certain to be forced from office months…

Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi on Monday vowed to press for greater autonomy for the nation’s ethnic minorities, in an early move to soothe the rebellions roiling the country after her party’s ascent…

A Chinese military aircraft has for the first time publicly landed at a new airport on an island China has built in the disputed South China Sea, state media said on Monday, raising the prospect…

Afghan forces fought back a renewed series of attacks on Kunduz, killing dozens of Taliban fighters, officials said on Sunday as insurgent forces stepped up their bid to retake the northern city…

The French and German foreign ministers have made an unannounced visit to Libya, in a show of support for the country's new UN-backed government. In Tripoli, Germany's Frank-Walter Steinmeier said…

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear a case on Monday that tests the boundaries of presidential powers, confronting the question of whether President Barack Obama exceeded his authority with…

Ethiopia says armed men have killed 140 people near its border with South Sudan and abducted at least 39 children. Ethiopia’s Communications Minister Getachew Reda said the attackers were members…

US Republican presidential hopeful Ted Cruz has won all 14 delegates in contention at a state party convention in Wyoming. The delegates were chosen by party members rather than ordinary voters.…

A powerful earthquake killed at least 77 people, injured hundreds more, ravaged coastal towns and sent residents fleeing for higher ground in Ecuador on Saturday night.

Future top leaders of Cuba’s Communist party should retire at 70 to let in younger blood, President Raul Castro said on Saturday.

Cuba’s current leaders include several septuagenarian or…

Thousands of people have gathered in the Brazilian capital ahead of an impeachment vote on Sunday. It remains uncertain whether the opposition has the votes necessary to oust President Dilma…

We’ve all grown so used to the “Muslim terror” narratives of our favorite dictators–I’m talking about Nasser, Sadat, Mubarak and now, of course, Field Marshal-President el-Sisi of Egypt–that we’re…

Pope Francis took three families of Syrian refugees back to Rome on Saturday after visiting the frontline of Europe’s migrant crisis at a camp in Greece where migrants wept at his feet, kissed his…

A powerful 7.3 magnitude earthquake struck southern Japan early on Saturday, killing at least 16 people, injuring hundreds more and trapping people in collapsed buildings, barely a day after a…

The UN’s special envoy to Syria met with a government delegation as part of peace talks in Geneva on Friday, as humanitarian workers warned that fighting in Syria’s north was triggering a new wave…