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A diplomatic rift between the United States and Mexico widened, as Donald Trump’s administration suggested taxing imports from the southern neighbor to fund a border wall and Mexico’s president…

Britain’s government on Thursday published a draft law that would authorize Prime Minister Theresa May to begin the procedure for leaving the European Union in an important milestone toward Brexit…

China responded immediately to remarks made by White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer regarding Beijing's interests in the South China Sea, claiming "indisputable sovereignty" over artificial…

Belgian police on Wednesday raided eight homes in the Brussels region as part of a counter-terrorism operation that is ongoing, prosecutors said. The raids are not related to either the self-…

The first group of German and Belgian troops arrived in Lithuania on Tuesday, part of a NATO move to reinforce its eastern flank in a bid to deter a militarily resurgent Russia.

British Prime Minister Theresa May will travel to Turkey on Saturday to meet with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the prime minister’s office said Tuesday.

Germany’s center-left Social Democrats (SPD) nominated former European Parliament president Martin Schulz on Tuesday as their candidate to run against Angela Merkel for the post of chancellor in…

The United Nations has denounced recent Israeli initiatives to accelerate settlement construction in occupied Palestinian territory, stressing that "unilateral actions" are an obstacle to peace…

Militants rammed a car bomb into the gate of a hotel and stormed inside, killing at least 13 people in Somalia's capital Mogadishu on Wednesday, police said.

Gunfire rang out as fighters…

US President Donald Trump is expected to sign executive orders starting on Wednesday that include a temporary ban on most refugees and a suspension of visas for citizens of Syria and six other…

French President François Hollande met with leaders of Colombia's largest rebel movement Tuesday in an area where guerrillas will soon begin turning over weapons as part of a historic peace deal.…

The US Senate on Monday confirmed Mike Pompeo as CIA director and advanced the nomination of Rex Tillerson to be secretary of state, taking key steps toward filling President Donald Trump’s…

A hundred days into a major push to recapture Mosul from the self-styled Islamic State terrorist group, the Iraqi Army has said it is gearing up for an offensive to take the city’s western half,…

Russia, Iran and Turkey have announced they will establish a trilateral mechanism to support the ceasefire in Syria. 

In a joint statement issued at the end of talks in Astana, they…

Burundi began releasing a quarter of its jail population under a mass presidential pardon on Monday, but prisoners’ rights groups voiced concern they were just making room for more political…

Israel’s former foreign minister cancelled a trip to Brussels after Belgian prosecutors confirmed they wanted to question her over war crimes allegations.

Tzipi Livni was expected to meet…

The UK Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that Prime Minister Theresa May must get the parliament’s approval before she begins Britain’s formal exit from the European Union.

Gambia’s new vice president will be a leader of the opposition coalition that helped bring new President Adama Barrow to power, a presidential spokesman announced on Monday, as regional troops…

The White House warned China it will “defend” US and international “interests” in the South China Sea and that trade must be a “two-way street.”

Signaling US President Donald Trump’s tough…

The first North Atlantic Treaty Organization Istanbul Cooperation Initiative Regional Center opened in a high-profile ceremony on Tuesday in Kuwait.

The country’s Prime Minister Sheikh…

At least 87,000 people have been displaced since the military launched a crackdown in Myanmar’s western Rakhine state early October, United Nations said on Monday.

China has deployed top-notch Dongfeng-41 intercontinental ballistic missiles in the northeast Heilongjiang Province, which borders the Russian Far East.

The pictures of the missiles have…

Negotiations between the Syrian government and opposition groups have kicked off in the Kazakh capital of Astana as part of an initiative led by Russia, Turkey and Iran.

Kazakh President…

A group including former White House ethics attorneys will file a lawsuit on Monday accusing President Donald Trump of allowing his businesses to accept payments from foreign governments, in…

The US Southeast was pounded with wicked weather throughout the day Sunday, spawning tornadoes and causing devastation throughout Georgia and Mississippi, with authorities predicting Florida would…