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Venezuela is now accepting candidate registrations for its April 22 presidential elections, but opposition politicians and the United States are rejecting the terms of the poll. Tania D’Amelio,…

In a rare move, the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Beit-ul-Moqaddas has been indefinitely shut in protest against what church leaders say is “discriminatory” Israeli policy aimed at weakening…

A planned visit by Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto to the White House has been called off after a heated phone exchange with US President Donald Trump, US media reported.

Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister pointed out on Friday that there is no end in sight for his country’s crisis with Qatar. Adel al-Jubeir added that the crisis is, in any case, “very small”…

The Palestinian leadership on Friday slammed a US decision to open its embassy in Beit-ul-Moqaddas in May, coinciding with the 70th anniversary of Israel’s creation, as “a provocation to Arabs…

Taliban militants attacked an Afghan army post overnight on Friday, killing at least 18 soldiers, Afghanistan’s defense ministry confirmed Saturday.

“A large number of Taliban attacked…

Several senior German conservatives called on Saturday for their party to shift to the right to win back voters, throwing down the gauntlet to Chancellor Angela Merkel before she announces her…

Twin car bombings and subsequent gunfire have left at least 38 people dead and 20 others wounded in the Somali capital of Mogadishu, medical workers said.

A loud explosion reportedly…

The government of Djibouti has seized control of a container terminal operated by United Arab Emirates-based DP World, saying that the contract between the two parties was damaging the…

US President Donald Trump has rolled out fresh sanctions against North Korea-linked shipping assets, hailing the package as the "heaviest sanctions ever" levied on the Pyongyang regime, and has…

The European Union has offered some of the six Balkan states who hope to join the bloc the prospect of becoming new members by 2025, but warned them they still have many obstacles to overcome.…

A UN rights commission in South Sudan said Friday there was sufficient evidence to charge at least 41 senior officers and officials with war crimes and crimes against humanity.

South…

In an interview with German news agency DPA, Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubair described as “strange” the decision taken by the German coalition partners in their outline agreement…

Russia is ready to back a UN Security Council resolution calling for a 30-day ceasefire in Syria, but only if it does not cover fighters from the self-styled Islamic State terrorist group and…

Myanmar has bulldozed at least 55 villages that were emptied of their Rohingya Muslim inhabitants during violence that began last year, Human Rights Watch said on Friday citing a review of new…

Longstanding friction between US President Donald Trump and two top aides, the National Security Adviser and the Chief of Staff, has grown to a point that either or both might quit soon, four…

Australia’s scandal-hit deputy leader Barnaby Joyce announced on Friday he was quitting and moving to the backbench amid claims of sexual harassment and controversy over an affair with a now-…

Ivanka Trump told South Korea’s president on Friday that she will use her visit to the Winter Olympics to advocate maximum pressure on North Korea to halt its nuclear program.

The…

Turkey has dismissed the Dutch Parliament’s vote to recognize the First World War killings of Armenians during the Ottoman Empire as “genocide”.

In comments made to reporters in Ankara…

Moscow on Wednesday said it would be “very difficult” to improve US-Russia relations, which have plummeted to Cold War lows on accusations of election meddling and crises in Syria and Ukraine.…

Mike Pence and North Korean officials had planned to meet secretly during the 2018 Winter Olympic Games, but Pyongyang scrapped the talks after the US vice president denounced abuses from the “…

The authorities in Munich carried out a fresh round of deportations of Afghan nationals on Tuesday night. Although Germany’s Foreign Office has not submitted a new security assessment for…

Saudi Arabia is moving swiftly to become the next country in the Middle East with nuclear power. Thek Kingdom is on the verge of striking a deal with the US for the purchase of nuclear reactors…

Macedonia is closer than any time in the last decade to settling a long-standing dispute over its name with Greece, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Wednesday.  Athens earlier…

Turkey warned on Wednesday that pro-Syrian government forces entering the northwest Afrin region to support a Kurdish militia there will face “serious consequences” and they will be regarded as…