International

As the United States, Canada and Mexico kick off negotiations on Wednesday in Washington to modernize the North American Free Trade Agreement, the biggest uncertainty is whether a deal can pass…

Colombia’s largest rebel group, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), handed over its last two containers of weapons and explosives to the United Nations on Tuesday, marking the…

After largely sticking to the script on Monday, President Donald Trump “showed his true colors” once again at an impromptu press conference Tuesday at Trump Tower, where he suggested that white…

Saudi authorities say they have demolished the last residential building in the historic center of a Shiite town after speeding up the pace of demolitions.

Municipal spokesman Mohammed…

The Syrian Foreign Ministry on Wednesday accused the US and the UK of supplying CS, CN toxic agents to terrorists.

According to the minsitry, the toxic agents found in Aleppo and…

Afghan police have discovered mass grave containing the bodies of at least 36 victims of a recent militant attack on a village, officials said on Wednesday.

One grave in the northern…

Fewer Israeli soldiers wish to participate in active combat roles, preferring positions closer to home or in cyber defense according to Ynet News.

Turkey says Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdish region should reverse its decision to hold a referendum on independence, warning that the vote could lead to a civil war.

Turkish Foreign…

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Wednesday stressed the need to resolve the crisis in Venezuela peacefully and without external intervention.

Shouting “Shame! Shame! Shame!” anti-Trump protesters awaited the president’s arrival in New York City as he returned Monday night for the first time since taking office. Shortly after 9 pm, the…

The World Health Organization (WHO) announced that the number of cholera cases in Yemen had reached 500,000, noting that around 5,000 people are being infected with cholera daily, “and nearly 2,…

In the last two years, three Saudi princes living in Europe have disappeared. All were critical of the Saudi government - and there is evidence that all were abducted and flown back to Saudi…

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un said Tuesday he would hold off on a planned missile strike near Guam, but warned the highly provocative move would go ahead in the event of further “reckless…

He is the youngest president in the history of the Fifth Republic, and is popular abroad. Yet Emmanuel Macron has earned mixed reviews at home in the first 100 days after his election. DW looks…

Saudi Arabia and Iraq plan to open the Arar border crossing for trade for the first time since 1990, when it was closed after the countries cut ties following Saddam Hussein’s invasion of Kuwait…

Three Afghan aid workers were gunned down and killed in central Afghanistan, officials said on Tuesday. The attack happened on Monday near the capital city of Ghor Province, an area once…

The US campaign in Afghanistan has failed and Washington needs to withdraw its troops, says the Russian president’s special envoy to Afghanistan. He added that Kabul has grown into a “global…

US President Donald Trump has been quietly making lifetime appointments to fill more than 100 vacancies on federal courts across the country.

Buses carrying thousands of Syrian refugees and rebel fighters have begun leaving the Lebanese territory of Arsal for government-held areas of Syria, according to the Hezbollah-owned al-Manar TV…

Suspected militants killed at least 18 people and wounded several during a raid on a restaurant in Burkina Faso’s capital overnight, but security forces shot dead both attackers and freed people…

Hundreds of people are believed to have been killed when a mudslide struck the outskirts of Sierra Leone’s capital Freetown on Monday, Vice President Victor Foh said. The Red Cross put the…

All of an estimated 40,000 Rohingya Muslims living in India are illegal immigrants, even those registered with the UN refugee agency, and the government aims to deport them, a senior government…

South Korean President Moon Jae-in has called on his US allies to help prevent a war, amid worsening tension over the North’s nuclear threat.

Moon told a visiting top US military…

Germany’s foreign minister says Angela Merkel and the CDU are submitting to the belligerent budgetary demands of Donald Trump. Sigmar Gabriel says Germany’s ruling party is forgoing social…

Fired White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci says there are people in Washington working against President Donald Trump. He said there are "elements" within the White House…