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Pope Francis has delivered a strong denunciation of the drugs trade before an audience of 300,000 people attending an open-air mass in Ecatepec, one of the poorest suburbs of Mexico City.

The plan, which will see 18 ministers run the country, has been sent to Libya’s internationally-recognized parliament for approval. But two presidential council members refused to sign the text.…

A flight heading to New York turned back to London’s Heathrow Airport after a “laser beam incident”, Virgin Atlantic has confirmed, BBC  reported. A crew member is recorded as saying to Irish…

A South Korean army helicopter crashed during a test flight on Monday morning, killing three soldiers, the country’s defense ministry said. All four crew members aboard were severely injured and…

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said in an interview that Moscow does not plan to maintain its military presence in Syria indefinitely.

In an interview with Time magazine, Medvedev…

Australian law-enforcement agencies discovered A$1.26 billion ($900 million) worth of methylamphetamine, also known as crystal meth or Ice, hidden in imported boxes of silicon products and art…

Syria has condemned Turkish military action against Kurdish fighters in northern Syria and described it as a violation of its sovereignty. It called on the UN Security Council to take action.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has praised scientists involved in the country’s recent rocket launch that he said struck a “telling blow” to enemies and ordered them to press ahead with more…

The Kremlin says Vladimir Putin and President Barack Obama have held a telephone conversation about the Syrian war and the unresolved conflict in Ukraine.

A Sunday statement said the call…

Central African Republic votes on Sunday in elections seen as a crucial step toward restoring democratic rule and ending years of violence that have left the impoverished nation split along…

Cuba returned to the United States an inert Hellfire missile that had been wrongly shipped to Havana in June 2014.

The missile, which did not contain explosives, had been shipped to Spain…

Syrian government forces on Saturday captured another village near Aleppo, tightening the noose around militant-held parts of the northern city, Syrian state TV and an opposition activist group…

One of the most conservative members of the US Supreme Court, Antonin Scalia, has died.

Justice Scalia’s death could shift the balance of power in the US high court, allowing President…

The Republican candidates for president traded sharp blows over foreign policy and the future of the Supreme Court in an often unruly and chaotic debate. After Iowa and New Hampshire, the race has…

Pope Francis was greeted by thousands of supporters upon his arrival in Mexico. The pontiff delivered a tough-love message to President Enrique Pena Nieto and his government, saying people have a…

Civilian casualties of the war in Afghanistan rose to record levels for the seventh year in a row in 2015, as violence spread across the country in the wake of the withdrawal of most international…

A strong 5.7-magnitude earthquake struck near Christchurch in New Zealand on Sunday, causing cliffs to collapse into the sea but no major damage to the city, which was devastated by a 2011 quake…

Thousands of demonstrators gathered in Athens on Saturday in solidarity with farmers who have blocked dozens of highways and border crossings in recent weeks in protest over a pensions overhaul.…

More than 5,000 pregnant Colombian women are infected with the mosquito-borne Zika virus, the country's national health institute said on Saturday, as the disease continues its rapid spread across…

Iraq’s military said on Friday it was mobilizing troops to prepare for an offensive the government has pledged to launch this year to retake the northern city of Mosul from the self-styled Islamic…

The United States temporarily deployed an additional Patriot missile battery in South Korea in response to North Korea’s nuclear test and a long-range rocket launch, ahead of talks next week to…

Thousands of Egyptian doctors demonstrated in Cairo on Friday in a rare protest at what rights groups call police impunity after two doctors were alleged to have been assaulted in a hospital in…

Five UN peacekeepers have been killed in a mortar attack on their base in Kidal in northern Mali.

Thirty others were also hurt when militants used a van packed with explosives to ram the…

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and British Prime Minister David Cameron expressed confidence that a deal could be reached that would keep Britain in the European Union.

Avoiding a “…

There are times in the Middle East when nightmares and delusions take the place of the real and growing tragedy which is consuming the Arab lands.

More and more earnest are the calls for…