International

India has created history by successfully launching 104 satellites on a single mission, overtaking the previous record of 37 satellites launched by Russia in 2014.

All but three of the…

Tensions are again simmering in the contested region of Kashmir after violence broke out on February 12 between militants and the Indian Army, killing civilians as well.

Kashmir is a…

France’s new premier Bernard Cazeneuve said the French-German partnership remains a “daily lived reality”.

Welcoming him on his first visit to Berlin, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said a…

The estranged half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has been killed in Malaysia, a South Korean government source said on Tuesday.

Kim Jong-nam, the older half-brother of the…

Residents of the city of Sirte in Libya have finally received the authorization to return to their homes, two months after the self-styled Islamic State terrorist group was forced out of their…

Police in Democratic Republic of Congo launched an assault on the residence of the leader of an opposition group in the country’s capital Kinshasa early on Tuesday and fired live ammunition and…

Tunisian security forces are using methods in their war against militants that are associated with overthrown leader Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, including torture, arbitrary arrests and detentions,…

A Kenyan judge on Monday ordered officials from the national doctors' union to be jailed amid a strike in public hospitals, which has turned into a test of President Uhuru Kenyatta's leadership…

Pakistanis on Tuesday mourned the victims of a Taliban-claimed suicide bombing in Lahore, as the death toll rose to 15 and the city's residents railed at the government for failing to protect them…

A political odd couple, US President Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau resolutely played up their similarities at their first meeting on Monday, even as obvious differences…

The UN Security Council has condemned North Korea for its latest ballistic missile test conducted on Sunday, a UN press statement said.

According to the statement, Pyongyang carried out…

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has defended his choice to appoint former Palestinian premier, Salam Fayyad, as UN envoy to Libya and expressed his "deep" regret over US opposition to his…

Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump are so far scheduled to meet in person at the Hamburg G20 summit in July, Putin’s Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, noting that there has…

People in Switzerland have voted to relax the country’s strict citizenship rules, making it easier for third-generation immigrants to become Swiss.

Being born in Switzerland does not…

Palestinian resistance group Hamas has decried an Israeli bill to ban the Muslim call to prayer being broadcast through loudspeakers. 

On Sunday, the Israeli Ministerial Committee for…

Six journalists have been detained in Ivory Coast for “encouraging revolt and disseminating false stories”, local media reported on Monday.

Six editors and three media publishers were…

Civilians, mostly women and children, were killed last week in air raids by NATO forces in Afghanistan’s Helmand Province, an initial United Nations inquiry suggested.

On Thursday and…

The United States, Japan and South Korea have requested urgent diplomatic talks at the United Nations on Monday over North Korea’s latest ballistic missile launch, with Seoul condemning what it…

Tens of thousands of Mexicans protested on Sunday against US President Donald Trump, hitting back at his anti-Mexican rhetoric and his pledges to make their country pay for his “big, beautiful”…

Russia, Turkey and Iran are working on a new meeting between the Syrian government and the opposition, Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in an interview with NTV on Sunday.

There…

Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov has secured a third term in office by winning a widely-expected landslide in Sunday’s election, preliminary results showed on Monday. Berdymukhamedov…

Turkey will hold a referendum on April 16 on replacing its parliamentary system with the stronger presidency long sought by incumbent Recep Tayyip Erdogan, electoral authorities announced on…

Jean-Claude Juncker, president of the European Union’s powerful commission, said on Saturday he would not seek a second term when his tenure expires in 2019.

“It was a fine election…

A report by the German Alliance for Child Soldiers and other non-profits shows that child soldiers in multiple countries often end up using German-made arms.

Michael Davies from Sierra…

At least five protesters and two policemen have been killed in the Iraqi capital during a demonstration by thousands calling for an overhaul of the electoral system, according to police.