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The United Nations urges parties to the conflict in eastern Ukraine to immediately halt any hostilities and renew efforts toward a peaceful settlement, Spokesman for the UN Secretary-General…

Philippine Maoist rebels said on Wednesday they would end a five-month ceasefire, accusing President Rodrigo Duterte's government of treachery and human rights abuses.

The move comes after…

A European Parliament deadline for France’s far-right leader Marine Le Pen to return more than €300,000 it says she has misspent has passed.

The presidential candidate had until midnight to…

A Tunisian man arrested in Hesse, Germany, on Wednesday on suspicion of recruiting for IS is also accused of involvement in the deadly 2015 attack on the Bardo Museum in Tunis, prosecutors said.…

Former United Nations secretary-general, Ban Ki-moon, one of the world’s most recognized South Koreans, announced on Wednesday he will not stand for the presidency of his country.

Ban…

The 28th Summit of the African Union ended early Wednesday, as it criticized US President Donald Trump’s ban on immigrants and refugees from seven Muslim-majority countries. President Alpha Conde…

After imposing a temporary travel ban on citizens from seven Muslim countries, President Donald Trump claimed the move would help protect the United States from terrorism. 

However,…

Israel has announced the construction of 3,000 more settlement homes in the occupied West Bank, the fourth such announcement in the less than two weeks since the inauguration of US President…

The United Nations should stop delaying convening talks between the Syrian government and opposition in Geneva, Switzerland, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Wednesday.

“We…

Police prosecuting the war on drugs in the Philippines have behaved like the criminal underworld they are supposed to be suppressing, taking payments for killings and delivering bodies to funeral…

European Council President Donald Tusk has called the US under President Donald Trump one of the external threats to the EU along with China, Russia and terrorism.

Marine Le Pen on Tuesday must repay €298,000 to the European Parliament or see her Member of European Parliament salary slashed in half, following allegations the French far-right leader misused…

German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday reaffirmed her criticism of a US travel ban slapped on travelers from seven countries, saying it smacked of anti-Muslim bias.

The African Union agreed on Monday to readmit Morocco 33 years after it quit the bloc, following a difficult debate over the status of Western Sahara, according to presidents attending the summit…

The alleged mastermind behind a three-day terror spree in Mumbai nearly a decade ago was placed under house arrest on Monday, with some suggesting the timing of his detention was linked to…

Canadian police have charged a French-Canadian student over the fatal shooting of six Muslim worshippers at a mosque in Quebec.

Alexandre Bissonnette faces six counts of first-degree murder…

A third person has died in a week in the Moria Refugee Camp on Greece’s Lesbos Island, raising alarm about the grim winter conditions in overcrowded facilities that critics have denounced as…

Yemen has lost a decade’s worth of gains in public health as a result of war and economic crisis, with increasing numbers of children succumbing to malnutrition, the United Nations’ Children’s…

US President Donald Trump has fired the acting attorney general, a holdover from the administration of former president, Barack Obama, after she ordered Justice Department attorneys not to defend…

Mohamed Abrini, the suspected bomber caught on camera during the Brussels airport attack, has been charged in France over the November 2015 terrorist attack in Paris, his lawyers said. Belgium…

At least six people were killed in a shooting at a mosque in Quebec City during evening prayers, police said.

Gunmen fired on about 50 people inside the Quebec Islamic Cultural Centre on…

More than a million people have signed a parliamentary petition demanding that US President Donald Trump is prevented from making a state visit to the UK.

Monday's milestone far exceeds the…

Dawn raids by US drones and helicopters have killed at least 20 people in Yemen, including civilians and three tribal chiefs reported to have links to Al-Qaeda, local sources say.

France's Socialists voted on Sunday to pick their candidate for this year's presidential polls, as a fresh scandal engulfed the election's conservative frontrunner Francois Fillon.

US President Donald Trump's order to restrict people from seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the United States sparked confusion and anger after immigrants and refugees were kept off…