International

A bomb blast hit Bahraini capital Manama early Sunday but caused no casualties, according to the country’s Interior Ministry. No injuries were reported in the bombing, which only damaged a number…

Almost two-thirds of British people think selling arms to Saudi Arabia—the UK’s largest defense customer—is unacceptable.

The finding comes ahead of this week’s high court case, which has…

A legal showdown was brewing Sunday after the US Justice Department appealed a temporary block on Donald Trump’s contentious travel ban, but the court rejected any immediate move to reinstate the…

Jordan said late on Saturday its warplanes bombed positions held by the self-styled Islamic State terrorist group in southern Syria, two years after one of its pilots was captured and killed by…

The Romanian government is to withdraw a contentious corruption decree. 

Social Democrat Prime Minister Sorin Grindeanu announced the legal order to decriminalize some graft offences…

Kurdish and Arab fighters announced on Saturday a new phase in their campaign for the IS stronghold of Raqqa in Syria, but said they needed more weapons to win.

Anti-IS fighters launched…

Several thousand people demonstrated outside the US Embassy in London on Saturday against President Donald Trump and his temporary ban on refugees and nationals from seven Muslim-majority…

Marine Le Pen, the leader of French far-right National Front party, published on Saturday a presidential election program, compiling key proposals on immigration, economy, the European Union and…

The US is putting regional stability in East Asia at risk, a Chinese spokesman said on Saturday following remarks by US President Donald Trump’s defense secretary that a US commitment to defend…

European Union leaders have taken a gamble on Libya’s fragile interim government by offering Tripoli €200 million ($215 million) and assistance in beefing up its frontier controls to help them…

A US federal judge ordered a temporary, nationwide halt to President Donald Trump’s ban on travelers from seven Muslim-majority countries, in the most severe legal blow to the controversial…

The former prime minister of Norway, Kjell Magne Bondevik, said he was detained at a US airport earlier this week because he had visited Iran in 2014. Bondevik, who said he was travelling on his…

Indonesian women are taking on a more active role in terror attacks, with some seeking to become IS suicide bombers, a leading security think tank has warned.

French investigators believe the man who launched a machete attack outside the Louvre in Paris, before being shot and wounded by a soldier, is a 29-year-old Egyptian who entered the country on a…

Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos, Africa’s second-longest serving leader, has confirmed he will not run in this year’s presidential election, calling an end to 38 years as head of state,…

Myanmar's security forces have committed mass killings and gang rapes of Rohingya Muslims and burned their villages since October in a campaign that "very likely" amounts to crimes against…

EU leaders sought a plan to curb mass migration from Libya at a special summit in Malta on Friday, which was overshadowed by the challenges of Brexit and US President Donald Trump.

The 28…

A French soldier guarding the Louvre in Paris has shot a man who tried to attack a security patrol with a machete.

The man, who tried to gain entry to the Louvre’s shopping center, was shot…

Thousands of people gathered in Montreal to mourn and honor the memory of three of the six Muslim men who were killed as they prayed at a mosque in Quebec City on Sunday evening.

Colombia’s ELN guerrillas freed a hostage on Thursday and the government released two rebel prisoners in exchange, clearing the way for peace talks to begin next week.

The government hopes…

Romania’s new decree diluting the country’s corruption law ignited a furor on Thursday, prompting strong criticism from home and abroad and a declaration from the president that he would ask…

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko told a German newspaper he will seek to hold a national referendum on the question of whether to seek to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

…

US Defense Secretary James Mattis said on Friday the United States stands 100% with Japan on a visit meant to confirm the importance of the countries’ security alliance.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel stressed the importance of freedom of opinion in talks with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday, during a visit meant to help improve frayed ties…

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko accused Russia of violating bilateral border agreement on Friday at a meeting with representatives of the public and reporters. “We made agreements on…