International

The UN rights chief on Friday expressed alarm at new allegations of child abuse by foreign peacekeepers in the troubled Central African Republic, including cases involving European Union troops,…

Rescuers in eastern China pulled out four miners who had spent 36 days trapped underground in a collapsed mine. The gypsum mine in Shandong province collapsed on Christmas Day, killing one and…

The head of Lebanese movement Hezbollah on Friday said he backs Christian ally Michel Aoun for president, a key post that has been vacant for 18 months.

“We remain committed to General Aoun…

Syria’s main opposition group agreed to travel to Geneva, where the United Nations on Friday opened peace talks to end the country’s five-year-old war, but said it wanted to discuss humanitarian…

France intends to make another push at trying to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and has warned that if its efforts failed, it would recognize a Palestinian atate.

Turkey is demanding €2 billion more than the €3 billion already pledged by the EU to help it cope with refugees, a news report says.

This is while even the initial promises are proving hard…

Twenty-two emails sent through Hillary Clinton’s unsecured home server while she was secretary of state contained government secrets, US officials say.

The State Department said the…

The US-led coalition against the self-styled Islamic State terrorist group wants to train at least 10 brigades of Iraqi security forces to retake the Iraqi city of Mosul from militants, a…

US Secretary of State John Kerry will attend a gathering in Rome on Tuesday of countries fighting the self-styled Islamic State terrorist group and then go on to London the next day for an aid…

Israel’s drones have reportedly been hacked and images stolen from their cameras as a result of a sustained cyber-spying campaign by Britain and America.

According to a report in The…

Forty percent of Germans want Chancellor Angela Merkel to resign over her refugee policy, a poll showed on Friday, in a sign of rising dissatisfaction with her welcoming stance towards people…

The United Nations said on Friday it expects Syria peace talks in Geneva to begin later in the day, despite uncertainty over whether key opposition groups would attend.

UN envoy Staffan de…

While the recent bombings in Jakarta, Indonesia, prove that the self-styled Islamic State militant group is extending its tentacles to Southeast Asia, some forces seem to be encouraging this to…

An attack on a mosque in Al-Ahsa in east Saudi Arabia killed three people on Friday, Saudi-owned al-Arabiya television reported. An activist, citing witnesses, said earlier that an explosion was…

The self-styled Islamic State terrorists claimed conducting a suicide car bombing outside the fugitive former Yemeni president Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi’s residence in the southern city of Aden on…

US President Barack Obama directed his national security advisers on Thursday to counter efforts by the self-styled Islamic State terrorists to expand into Libya and other countries, the White…

Speculations mounted on Friday that North Korea is preparing a rocket or long-range missile launch to follow its recent nuclear test, with Japan reportedly ordering its military to shoot down any…

British Prime Minister David Cameron and European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker will try to thrash out a deal on migrant benefits on Friday in a final push for a reform deal to keep Britain…

An EgyptAir mechanic whose cousin joined the self-styled Islamic State militant group in Syria is suspected of planting a bomb on a Russian passenger plane that was blown out of Egypt’s skies in…

The Doomsday Clock remains unchanged this year, at three minutes to midnight.

Managed by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, the clock symbolizes how close humanity is to destroying…

Malaysia’s anti-graft agency said on Wednesday it would ask for a review of a decision by the attorney general to clear Prime Minister Najib Razak in a graft investigation.

The Danish Parliament has passed a package of measures to deter refugees from seeking asylum, including confiscating valuables to pay for their stay, despite protests from international human…

Israel’s defense minister has accused Turkey of buying oil from the self-styled Islamic State militant group, thereby funding the militants’ activities.

Speaking in Athens, Moshe Yaalon…

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki moon on Tuesday urged Israel to freeze its settlement activity in the occupied West Bank, calling it an “affront” to the world community.

North Korea’s nuclear program is a “major challenge to global security”, US Secretary of State John Kerry told his Chinese counterpart on Wednesday, urging Beijing to increase pressure following…