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French police arrested a man Wednesday in the search for a driver who slammed his BMW into soldiers in a Paris suburb Wednesday, injuring six of them in what appeared to be a carefully timed…

Victims and relatives of those slain or injured in the mass 2007 killing of unarmed Iraqi civilians by Blackwater contractors in Baghdad told RT they are outraged by the recent overturning of a…

Taliban insurgents released 235 civilians held since seizing control of an area in northern Sar-e Pul Province five days ago, provincial officials confirmed Wednesday.

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta maintained his strong lead in the presidential election count on Wednesday with 85% of polling stations reporting, the election commission said.

Its…

North Korea said on Wednesday it is considering plans for a missile strike on the US Pacific territory of Guam, just hours after President Donald Trump told the North that any threat to the…

A 7.0-magnitude earthquake has killed at least 19 people and injured 247 in China’s southwestern province of Sichuan. Six tourists are thought to be among the dead, with up to 45,000 people…

Emmanuel Macron will host other major European leaders this month for talks on migration, the economy and defense —part of a broader diplomatic offensive by the French president.

His…

The United Nations Human Rights Office has warned of “widespread and systematic use of excessive force” being used against protesters in Venezuela.

It also speaks of other human rights…

The brother of ousted Pakistani leader Nawaz Sharif will not contest a parliamentary by-election for the vacant seat, party sources said on Tuesday, effectively scuttling previous plans for him…

The UN’s aid chief has alerted member states of the “early warning signs of genocide” amid increasing violence. The African nation has seen the worst sectarian violence since the overthrow of…

Human rights groups have denounced attempts by the Israeli government to shutter Al-Jazeera’s operations in Occupied Palestine. Israeli officials have accused the Qatari-owned broadcaster of “…

Rights groups and opposition figures have called on Canada to suspend weapons sales to Saudi Arabia, following the kingdom’s alleged use of Canadian-made arms in a crackdown against Shia Muslim…

Days after a reshuffle of Turkey’s top military commanders, President Tayyip Erdogan has revived warnings of military action against Kurdish fighters in Syria that could set back the US-led…

The US air force has carried out an airstrike on an Iraqi militia unit called Sayyed al-Shuhada, which belongs to Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Units. The airstrike took place in Anbar Province,…

China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi canceled a scheduled one-on-one meeting with his Vietnamese counterpart in Manila at the last minute on Monday due to a spat over the South China Sea, according…

US media reported that Congress is preparing several bills, the provisions of which would require the Pentagon to violate the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty between the United…

Australia, Japan and the United States on Monday urged Southeast Asia and China to ensure that a South China Sea code of conduct they have committed to draw up will be legally binding and said…

As Venezuela’s political crisis spins further out of control, many are looking to the military to see if its once-unflinching loyalty to the socialist revolution might be fraying.

Less than three months after his election, Emmanuel Macron has already seen his popularity dip after launching a divisive labor reform and engaging in a damaging dispute with the military.

Germany is set to send asylum seekers back to Greece, although reception centers there are overcrowded and there is a huge backlog in processing claims.

North Korea vowed on Monday to bolster its nuclear arsenal and launch “thousands-fold” revenge against the United States in response to tough UN sanctions imposed after its recent…

India has decided to install its indigenous ballistic missile defense systems at two villages in the western state of Rajasthan. The villages in Alwar and Pali cities are both less than 800…

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Monday he believes Washington and Russia can find a way to ease tension, saying it wouldn’t be useful to cut ties over the single issue of suspected…

The Syrian Army has liberated the town of al-Sukhnah following an intense battle over the weekend, the last major stronghold of the self-styled Islamic State terrorist group in Homs Province.

Qatar held joint military exercises with Turkish troops on Monday, Qatari media reported, showcasing their strategic alliance two months into a boycott by Arab neighbors that accuse Doha of…