International

UNESCO’s executive board has passed a resolution that criticizes Israel’s actions in occupied Beit-ul-Moqaddas and the Gaza Strip, with Palestinian leaders hailing the move as a “step forward” and…

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Russian President Vladimir Putin insisted on Tuesday that there was no alternative to a stalled Ukraine peace plan, as they struggled to mask deep rifts during…

US President Donald Trump opened the door on Monday to a future meeting with North Korea’s Kim Jong-un, offering unusual praise for the globally ostracized leader at a time of surging nuclear…

Turkey under President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has turned its back on joining the European Union, at least for now, the bloc’s top official dealing with Ankara said, offering economic cooperation…

China demanded on Tuesday an immediate halt to a controversial US missile shield hours after Washington announced that the defense system was now operational in South Korea.

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US Congress leaders have reached a bipartisan deal on around $1 trillion in federal funding to avert a government shutdown on Friday this week.

The proposed pact, reached by Republican and…

German Chancellor Angela Merkel will meet President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday in the Black Sea resort of Sochi in her first visit to Russia since 2015, signaling renewed dialogue between Berlin…

The US military’s THAAD anti-missile system is now operational in South Korea, according to US officials.

The system’s deployment to defend against a North Korean missile threat has become…

Malta’s Prime Minister Joseph Muscat has called a snap general election for June 3, a year before his term ends. The opposition has been calling for his resignation over allegations that his wife…

Traditional May 1 union marches turned violent in France on Monday and presidential election frontrunner, Emmanuel Macron, attacked far-right rival Marine Le Pen, highlighting the divisions six…

After an American airstrike killed more than 100 Iraqi civilians in a house in the western part of Mosul in March, US officials suggested the self-styled Islamic State terrorist group was to blame…

Venezuelan opposition leaders on Monday decried President Nicolas Maduro’s announcement that he is pushing for changes in the constitution.

North Korea warned Monday that it will carry out a nuclear test "at any time and at any location" set by its leadership, in the latest rhetoric to fuel jitters in the region.

A group of 36 Yazidi survivors has been rescued in Iraq after three years of “slavery” under IS rule in northern Iraq, the United Nations said on Sunday.

The group of men, women and…

Tunisian security forces killed a commander in a terrorist group who detonated his suicide belt as he was shot during a raid against militants planning attacks during the holy month of Ramadan,…

A US-based human rights group said US President Donald Trump should seek accountability and not offer to roll out the White House red carpet for Philippine leader Rodrigo Duterte, who the group…

Almost 16 years after the US-backed ouster of the Taliban, Afghanistan remains in the grip of a war with “shockingly high” death rates among security forces and a record number of casualties among…

France has killed more than 20 militants hiding in a forest near the border between the West African countries of Mali and Burkina Faso over the weekend, its regional force said in a statement.…

By launching airstrikes against Syrian Kurdish fighters and threatening more action, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is seeking to send a tough message to US President Donald Trump in the…

At least 352 civilians have been killed in US-led strikes against the self-styled Islamic State terrorist group in Iraq and Syria since the operation began in 2014, the US military said in a…

Former Italian premier, Matteo Renzi, has regained the leadership of the governing Democratic Party (PD). Renzi, 42, won more than 70% of the vote in Sunday’s primary among party supporters,…

South Korea and the United States wrapped up their annual large-scale military drills on Sunday, but continued a separate joint naval exercise that has triggered dire threats from nuclear-armed…

Matteo Renzi toned down the EU-critical rhetoric of his final months as Italian prime minister during his visit to Brussels on Friday to drum up support for his bid to be restored as head of the…

European Union leaders called for a united front at their first Brexit summit on Saturday, as they prepared to adopt a tough strategy for two years of talks with Britain.

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Moscow is ready to cooperate with the United States on settling the Syrian crisis, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Saturday, Russian news agencies reported.

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