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The Philippine Army says Abu Sayyaf militants linked to the self-styled Islamic State terrorist group have beheaded one of four Filipino fishermen they took captive in December.

South Korea’s ousted president, Park Geun-hye, was on Monday charged with bribery involving millions of dollars over the corruption scandal that sparked her downfall.

Park, whose…

Several hundred protesters marched in northern Paris on Sunday to protest against far-right National Front leader Marine Le Pen, saying basic freedoms would disappear if she were elected to the…

Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces have liberated the village of Qabsh Arbey northwest of Syrian Raqqa from the self-styled Islamic State terrorist group. The Kurdish Firat News Agency said on…

Viewing his adversaries in the distance, US Vice President Mike Pence traveled to the tense zone dividing North and South Korea and warned Pyongyang that after years of testing the US and South…

US President Donald Trump’s national security adviser met Afghan officials in Kabul on Sunday, amid questions over the new administration’s plans for the military mission in Afghanistan after US…

Some 1,500 Palestinian political prisoners held by Israel launched a mass hunger strike on Monday to press for basic rights and shed light on the difficult humanitarian conditions inside Israeli…

Opponents of Turkey›s controversial referendum to expand the powers of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed to challenge the result on Sunday, after he claimed victory for the «Yes» vote by the…

Iraqi forces launched a new attack on the self-styled Islamic State terrorist group in Mosul's Old City on Sunday, military officials said, trying to break the stalemate in attempts to seize the…

Japan lodged a protest against North Korea’s missile launch, carried out earlier on Sunday, saying that it violated resolutions of the UN Security Council, local media reported.

The note of…

A large blast has killed more than 110 people in an attack near buses carrying Syrians evacuated from two besieged government-held towns.

At least 11 civilians were killed when a roadside bomb ripped through their vehicle in the southern Afghan province of Helmand, officials said on Saturday.

“The blast hit a van travelling…

A 17-year-old civilian was shot dead by Indian forces on Saturday in the Batamaloo area of Srinagar, the capital of the disputed Kashmir region, according to local sources.

Although Indian…

The US says it is sending dozens of troops to Somalia to train forces fighting militant group al-Shabaab.

This is the first time regular US troops have been deployed in Somalia since 1994,…

At least 14 people have been killed in South Sudan after new fighting erupted between government forces and the main rebel group.

Lam Paul Gabriel Lam, the SPLM-IO rebel group’s spokesman,…

Thousands of people turned out for a march through midtown Manhattan on Saturday to demand that US President Donald Trump release his tax returns and to dispute his claim that the public does not…

Millions of Turks voted on Sunday on a controversial new draft constitution that would give sweeping new powers to the country's president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

A fresh North Korean missile test failed when it exploded after launch on Sunday, the US military said, a day after Pyongyang defiantly showcased its ballistic arsenal at a giant military parade…

Javier Duarte, the former governor of Mexico’s Veracruz state who is accused of running a corruption ring that allegedly pilfered from state coffers, was detained in Guatemala after six months as…

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has outlined Moscow’s dissatisfaction in a letter to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons Director General Ahmet Uzumcu with its fact-…

More than 2,000 asylum seekers trying to reach Europe were plucked from the Mediterranean Sea on Friday in a series of dramatic rescues.

An Italian coastguard spokesman said 19 rescue…

San Francisco asked a federal judge on Friday to block enforcement of an executive order issued by US President Donald Trump, which would cut off federal money to sanctuary cities—local…

The death toll from a collapsed garbage mountain in Colombo has risen to 10 after four children died in hospital overnight from the disaster, authorities said on Saturday.

Colombo National…

Expressing “horror” at the killing of three workers contracted by its office in Wau, South Sudan, during violence that wracked the city earlier this week, the United Nations emergency food relief…

Egyptian Copts celebrated Easter mass on Saturday just days after the deadliest attacks in living memory against the country’s religious minority. The faithful spent a large part of Easter eve…