International

Former US spy agency contractor Edward Snowden, peace negotiators in Colombia or Greek islanders helping Syrian refugees were among tips for the 2016 Nobel Peace Prize at the deadline for…

Turkey’s allegations that a Russian warplane violated its airspace are not backed by any factual data and are a premeditated provocation, Russia’s Defense Ministry said on Monday.

At least 86 people, including a number children, have been killed in a series of attacks on a village in north-eastern Nigeria, according to officials. 

Two Egyptian policemen and two soldiers were killed on Sunday in two bombing attacks in the country’s restive Sinai Peninsula, where Islamic State (IS) jihadists have regularly attacked security…

Myanmar’s Parliament dominated by pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s party on Monday began a new and historic session that will install the country’s first democratically elected government…

At least10 people were killed and 20 wounded, most of them civilians in Monday’s suicide bomb attack outside a police station in a busy area of western Kabul, Afghan Deputy Interior Minister Ayub…

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Sunday met a delegation of Kurdish Regional Government officials headed by KRG Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani who arrived in Baghdad on Sunday morning.

Peace negotiations between Syria’s warring sides will continue, said UN envoy Staffan de Mistura after meeting the Saudi-backed opposition, while stressing that he is optimistic.

De Mistura…

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned the resistance group Hamas that rules Gaza on Sunday that his country will retaliate with “greater force” than deployed in the 2014 Gaza war if…

Brussels has agreed that the UK could temporarily limit welfare payments to EU migrants, according to British Prime Minister David Cameron’s office. However, talks with European Council President…

Weeks ago, 12-year-olds at a school on the south coast of England walked into an English lesson to find a large image of a street in which all the houses had red doors, projected on to the…

More than 60 people, including 25 Shi’ite fighters, have been killed in twin suicide bombings by Islamic State in a heavily guarded pro-government district of the Syrian capital where an important…

Bad weather including heavy fog caused two major traffic accidents in Egypt on Sunday that left at least 22 people dead, officials said.

US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Sunday military action cannot put an end to Syria's five-year conflict.

"In the end there is no military solution to the conflict," Kerry said in a…

China has condemned the United States for sailing a warship in the disputed South China Sea, accusing it of “undermining” peace and stability in the region.

A US Navy destroyer sailed…

Swedish police have made three arrests following reports that scores of black-clad men targeted foreigners, as they rampaged through central Stockholm on Friday.

Russian top diplomat Sergey Lavrov will meet his American counterpart John Kerry on February 11 to review progress in the Syria peace talks, his office said on Saturday.

Japan says it has deployed two Patriot missile interceptors in Tokyo to counter North Korea’s activity. The deployment comes amid reports that Pyongyang is preparing for a space rocket launch.

Egypt’s Interior Ministry denied on Saturday making any arrests in connection with the crash of a Russian passenger plane in Sinai last October that killed all 224 people on board.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned Moscow on Saturday over a Turkish airspace violation, which has been denied by Russia.

NATO-member Turkey said another Russian warplane…

Israel would consider a French invitation to peace talks with the Palestinians, but believes France has made a mistake by saying it will recognize a Palestinian state if the talks fail, an Israeli…

The self-styled Islamic State militant group released a video on Saturday purporting to show a French-speaking terrorist threatening attacks against the West and executing so-called apostates and…

The long and sometimes arcane ritual of electing the next US president begins on Monday in more than 1,100 schools, churches and libraries across Iowa, a state that wields political influence far…

A US Navy destroyer sailed within 12 nautical miles of an island claimed by China and two other states in the South China Sea on Saturday to counter efforts to limit freedom of navigation, the…

Almost 40 people drowned and 75 were rescued after a boat carrying migrants to Greece sank off Turkey's western coast on Saturday, according to local officials and the Turkish Dogan news agency.…