International

China’s first operational aircraft carrier, the Liaoning, has arrived in Hong Kong.

Its first trip outside mainland China is part of the events marking the 20th anniversary of Hong Kong’s…

The White House was caught off-guard by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s suggestion Thursday that Republicans might need to work with Democrats to prop up Obamacare if they fail to pass…

The death toll from flooding caused by recent heavy rain in southern Japan has risen to at least 15, officials say. Emergency teams are searching for another 15 people who are missing, BBC…

The United States and Russia reached an agreement Friday on a ceasefire in southwest Syria, crowning US President Donald Trump’s first meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. It is the…

The UN cultural agency on Friday declared the old city in the West Bank town of Al-Khalil as a Palestinian world heritage site, a decision that outraged Israeli officials who say the move negated…

Firefighters and police in Italy on Saturday pulled the eighth and final body from the rubble of a five-story apartment building that partially collapsed in a seaside town south of Naples.

Fires burned across Hamburg for a second day as police and protesters clashed while the leaders of the world’s top economies met for the G20 summit.

Police said at least 196 officers have…

France's lower house of parliament, the National Assembly, on Thursday approved an extension of the state of emergency to Nov. 1, the date set by the French president to put it to an end.

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US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin met on Friday, and while their face-to-face encounter is not officially the main event at the G20, for many, it might as well be.…

At least 10 Egyptian soldiers were killed and several injured when two suicide car bombers hit army checkpoints in northern Sinai on Friday, security sources said.

The two cars exploded as…

Russia has blocked a UN Security Council statement calling for “significant measures” in response to North Korea’s test launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile, arguing that the missile…

A UN spokeswoman says the Security Council will receive a report on Cyprus in the coming days after the collapse of the latest diplomatic effort to reunify the long-divided Mediterranean island.…

At least 28 people were killed in a prison riot on Thursday between suspected members of rival gangs in a prison in southern Mexican state of Guerrero, according to local authorities. The state…

Two US bombers have flown over the disputed South China Sea, the US Air Force said on Friday, asserting the right to treat the region as international territory despite China’s claim to virtually…

Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt have vowed to take “political, economic and legal measures” after Qatar’s refusal to accept a list of demands presented by the four…

Turkey’s main opposition leader launched a European court appeal on Tuesday over an April vote that granted President Tayyip Erdogan sweeping powers, stepping up his challenge to the government as…

German Chancellor Angela Merkel is standing by her suggestion that Europe can no longer entirely rely on the US, as she prepares to host US President Donald Trump at the Group of 20 summit.

Germany is likely to see more terrorist attacks conducted by extremists, the country’s domestic intelligence chief has said while presenting an annual report which analyses threats to the state…

Narendra Modi has arrived in Tel Aviv, becoming the first Indian prime minister to visit Israel.

Modi, who recently said India and Israel share a “deep and centuries-old” connection, is…

Ankara and Moscow have agreed on the “technical issues” relating to the purchase of a Russian missile system, Defense Minister Fikri Isik said Tuesday.

The sides remain in negotiation on…

The UAE, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Egypt announced on Wednesday their receipt of the Qatari response to their list of demands, according to a joint statement issued by the four countries.

Forty-four states have refused to provide certain types of voter information to the Trump administration’s election integrity commission, according to a CNN inquiry to all 50 states.

Saudi Arabia is the chief foreign promoter of extremism in the UK, a new report has claimed.

The Henry Jackson Society said there was a “clear and growing link” between organizations in…

South Korea and the United States hit back with their own show of force Wednesday, a day after North Korea conducted its first successful intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) test.

President Donald Trump was met with thousands of protesters when he arrived at meetings in Brussels in May. But with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan…