International

Somali militant group Al-Shabab confirmed on Tuesday that the United States had bombed an area it controlled, but said the US figure of more than 150 casualties was an exaggeration. The Pentagon…

European Union leaders welcomed Turkey’s offer on Monday to take back all migrants who cross into Europe from its soil and agreed in principle to Ankara’s demands for more money, faster EU…

Libyan-based “Islamic State” militants launched their second attack in as many weeks against Tunisian border posts, but both failed. Western officials will help Tunisia devise a video-surveillance…

Former New York City mayor, Michael Bloomberg, announced that he has decided not to run for the White House. The announcement came after several months of speculation.

Foreign diplomats are expressing alarm to US government officials about what they say are inflammatory and insulting public statements by Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump,…

Indonesian President Joko Widodo urged Israel to end the “colonization” of the Palestinian territories, speaking to Muslim leaders in Jakarta.

Representatives from some 50 countries…

A suicide attack at a court compound killed at least eight people in northwestern Pakistan on Monday, officials said, the latest in a series of attacks in areas around the volatile Mohmand tribal…

The rightwing Alternative for Germany (AfD) has bagged third place in municipal elections in the central state of Hesse and the populist party is polling strongly a week ahead of three key state…

North Korea has warned of “indiscriminate” nuclear strikes on the US and South Korea as the two begin their largest ever military drills.

The exercises, Key Resolve and Foal Eagle, are an…

At least nine civilians were killed and dozens were wounded on Sunday when mortars and rockets were fired by militants on a mainly Kurdish residential quarter in the northern city of Aleppo, the…

Turkish and European Union leaders have gathered in Brussels for an emergency summit on tackling Europe’s worst refugee crisis since World War Two.

The EU has pledged €3 billion ($3.3…

Three people have been shot and hostages may have been taken at a factory on the outskirts of Sydney, Australian police said on Monday, although it was not immediately clear what had sparked the…

Militants attacked army and police posts in the Tunisian town of Ben Guerdan near the border with Libya early on Monday, in clashes that killed at least 21 militants and five civilians, officials…

The US and South Korea are set to begin their largest ever joint military exercises amid high tensions on the Korean peninsula. More than 300,000 South Korean and 15,000 US troops will take part…

Egypt and France began Sunday joint maneuvers in the Mediterranean in which French Rafale warplanes purchased by Cairo last year are taking part, the Egyptian Army said.

The “Ramses 2016”…

Islamic State claimed responsibility for a suicide attack with an explosive-laden fuel tanker on an Iraqi police checkpoint south of Baghdad, killing at least 60 people and wounding more than 70,…

Despite ceasefire violations that have killed over 130 people, international powers press for renewed peace talks.

The United Nations envoy to Syria is trying to parlay a week-old ceasefire…

Turkey’s biggest newspaper, Zaman, has condemned its takeover by the authorities in a defiant last edition published just before police raided it. Saturday’s edition said Turkey’s press had…

Almost complete results show that the leftist ruling party has won the parliamentary elections in Slovakia, but will need coalition partners to form a majority government. In a shocking…

The Taliban said on Saturday it would not take part in peace talks brokered by representatives of Afghanistan, Pakistan, China and the United States, casting doubt on efforts to revive…

Authorities in Yemen blamed the self-styled Islamic State terrorists for an attack on a nursing home that killed 16 people.

Pope Francis condemned the massacre at the nursing home in Yemen…

US Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump has called for a “one-on-one” battle with Ted Cruz, urging other rivals to quit the nomination race.

Cruz also suggested it was time for…

The people of Benin began voting in an election on Sunday to replace President Thomas Boni Yayi who is stepping down after two terms, leaving 33 candidates to vie for power in the small West…

German Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel has criticized leading Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump as a right-wing populist whose political views pose a threat to peace and prosperity.

China will oppose Taiwan independence "separatist" activities and safeguard peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said on Saturday, following the victory of an…