International

Carnival revelers in the city of Nice, France, will celebrate under high security this year, for the first time in living memory parading down a route other than the traditional Promenade des…

North Korea on Sunday staged its first ballistic missile test since Donald Trump took office, a move denounced by Japan’s leader who won “100%” backing from the new US President.

Switzerland is holding a referendum on Sunday on whether to make it easier for third generation immigrants to become citizens, after a campaign tainted by anti-Muslim messages and charges of…

Children and women are being raped by traffickers inside a refugee camp in northern France, according to detailed testimony gathered ahead of fresh legal action against the UK government’s…

The charismatic head of Spain’s Podemos puts his leadership on the line on Sunday, as supporters decide whether one of Europe’s leading left parties takes a more moderate political line or fights…

The European Union has urged the United States to respect the principle of “non-interference” in each other’s affairs.

“We do not interfere in US politics […] and Europeans expect that…

Iraqi security forces fired tear gas on Saturday at thousands of supporters of powerful Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr demonstrating near Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone—a cluster of embassies…

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres was in Istanbul on Friday for talks with Turkey’s prime minister, Binali Yildirim, at the start of his first visit to the Middle East as the world…

Donald Trump is considering a new executive order to ban citizens of certain countries from travelling to the US after his initial attempt was overturned in the courts.

Trump told reporters…

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta declared Friday the drought that has ravaged swathes of Kenya to be a national disaster. More than 3.7 million people have been hit by the three-year water shortage…

With already more than 3.5 million displaced within and outside the borders of South Sudan and thousands more driven to neighboring countries every day, the United Nations refugee agency has…

President Donald Trump welcomed Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe with a brotherly hug and warm words of admiration, as he ditched previously hard-charging rhetoric toward Tokyo during a White…

Russian President Vladimir Putin says he’s ready to meet his American counterpart, Donald Trump, in Slovenian capital Ljubljana.

“Ljubljana, and Slovenia in general, is of course a great…

The United States has objected to the appointment of a former Palestinian prime minister to lead the United Nations political mission in Libya, saying it was doing so to support its ally Israel.…

India's Ministry of External Affairs rubbished Pakistan's claims that India is building a secret nuclear city in the south of India and developing an inter-continental ballistic missile.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has approved a constitutional reform bill, according to his office, to pave the way for a referendum on an amendments package that seeks to extend his powers…

A Muslim woman won an appeal before a Berlin-Brandenburg court on Thursday and is set to receive nearly €9,000 after she was rejected from a teaching job due to her headscarf.

The Berlin-…

A session of South Africa’s Parliament convened for a keynote address by President Jacob Zuma descended into chaos on Thursday, as far-left lawmakers brawled with orderlies after interrupting the…

Hungary announced a new plan to house all refugees in shipping containers clustered into camps along its borders on Thursday. 

The measure will affect all migrants waiting for asylum…

In the face of the ongoing terrorism threat in France, Paris’s iconic monument, the Eiffel Tower, will undergo a massive facelift to tighten security by next autumn. Heightened security measures…

President Donald Trump reaffirmed Washington’s “One China” policy in his first conversation with Xi Jinping, an apparent effort to ease tensions after angering Beijing by questioning a major plank…

A Malaysian ship carrying 2,300 tons of aid for tens of thousands of persecuted Rohingya Muslims arrived in Yangon where it was met by Buddhist protesters.

Health workers and activists…

Romania’s Justice Minister Florin Iordache announced his resignation on Thursday, taking responsibility for a controversial decree on corruption that was repealed after it sparked mass protests.…

A former prime minister, Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo, was elected Somalia›s president on Wednesday, declaring a new «era of unity» as he took on the daunting task of bringing the long-chaotic…

British MPs look set to approve a bill on Wednesday empowering Prime Minister Theresa May to start Brexit negotiations, in a major step toward Britain leaving the European Union.

Seven…