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Bolivian voters have informed President Evo Morales that they want his current term to be his last, narrowly rejecting a constitutional amendment that would have let him run again in 2019.

In power for just two months, Argentina’s President Mauricio Macri is already facing labor unrest, with a national public sector strike planned for Wednesday as workers protest rocketing inflation…

Amnesty International’s latest annual report paints a bleak picture of human rights around the world. The international organization has also criticized Europe’s handling of the refugee crisis.

A top Libyan army commander said affiliates of the self-styled Islamic State terrorist group briefly took the center of Sabratha, a western city and hub of migrants heading to Europe. Taher al-…

A small plane carrying 21 people, including two foreigners, has gone missing in west Nepal, an airport official said on Wednesday. The Twin Otter aircraft, operated by Tara Air, was carrying 18…

The self-styled Islamic State fighters were reported to have tightened their grip on a Syrian government supply route to Aleppo on Tuesday, as the army battled to retake the road as part of its…

At least three people were killed as several powerful tornadoes hit the southern United States on Tuesday, officials said. Tornadoes lashed Louisiana, Mississippi and Florida, destroying homes and…

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has easily won the US state of Nevada, cementing his lead in the race for party nomination. The billionaire now has three consecutive wins, after…

The US and China say they have made progress on a draft UN resolution to harden sanctions on North Korea, after its rocket launch and nuclear test.

China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi and US…

Greek police started removing migrants from the Greek-Macedonian border on Tuesday after additional passage restrictions imposed by Macedonian authorities left hundreds stranded while more were…

According to a newspaper report, more than 800 Islamists have left Germany to join jihadi groups such as the so-called "Islamic State" in Syria and Iraq. At least 60% were German citizens.

The number of people killed in the cyclone that hit Fiji at the weekend has risen to 29, with officials warning the cleanup could take months. About 8,500 people are still sheltering in evacuation…

A Dutch passenger train derailed on Tuesday after hitting a maintenance crane during rush hour, killing one person and injuring several others, local media reported. Photos of the crash in Dalfsen…

The US and Russia have announced that a planned cessation of hostilities in Syria will come into effect at midnight on 27 February. Their statement said the truce did not include the self-styled…

Talks in Kabul on Tuesday between representatives of four countries trying to end Afghanistan’s war with the Taliban are likely to set a date for a face-to-face meeting between the two sides, an…

Traders in Haryana are counting the cost of more than a week of rioting and looting by Jats during which shops were burned, road and rail links blocked, and water supplies to metropolitan Delhi…

A few days ago, on a hilltop above the Mediterranean city of Latakia, with the sun going down and the whisper of jets—Russian jets, of course—high in the sky, Samah Ismael told the story of her…

Germany and France on Monday called for the implementation of the Minsk peace plan for Ukraine, urging both Moscow and Kiev to set aside differences and push forward with reforms.

Thousands of migrants and refugees have been stranded near Athens and on Greece’s northern border after Macedonia stopped allowing Afghans in. Some 5,000 people were stuck on the border and…

Libya’s oil facilities are likely to suffer further attacks unless a United Nations-backed unity government is approved, the head of the National Oil Corporation (NOC) told Reuters in an interview…

The death toll from a ferocious cyclone, which tore through Fiji over the weekend, has risen to 20 as authorities on Monday began to get a grasp on the scale of the disaster and deploy aid to hard…

Indian security forces battled for a third day amid heavy gunfire on Monday to clear militants who stormed a government building in the disputed Kashmir region and killed six people, officials and…

In what is seen as a major blow to British Premier David Cameron, the mayor of London is to campaign for the UK to leave the European Union in the June referendum.

Boris Johnson joined six…

The US Secretary of State John Kerry met with the Palestinian National Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to reiterate his commitment to peace in the region. The meeting comes after months of…

US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Sunday he and his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, had reached a provisional agreement on terms of a cessation of hostilities in Syria and the sides…