International

The UN Security Council should consider setting up the inquiry to “investigate reports of violations of international humanitarian law and human rights law in Yemen by all parties and to identify…

We will bury IS in Afghanistan. This was the stark warning from Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, speaking to the BBC in Davos last weekend.

A bomb attack claimed by Islamic State in the Syrian government-controlled city of Homs killed at least 24 people on Tuesday. The governor of Homs said the first of two explosions was caused by a…

Denmark's parliament is to vote on a bill that allows the confiscation of refugees' cash exceeding 10,000 kroner ($1,450), a move that has drawn international consternation. The bill, which…

US Secretary of State John Kerry is in Cambodia where he has welcomed the Southeast Asian nation’s booming economic growth. Kerry met top Cambodian officials, including Prime Minister Hun Sen, as…

Thirty-two people were killed when at least three suicide bombers blew themselves up at a market in northern Cameroon, a region often targeted by Nigeria’s Boko Haram, officials said. Police said…

The United Nations said on Monday it would issue invitations for marathon Syrian peace talks to begin this week, but opposition groups signaled they would stay away unless the government and its…

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and UK Premier David Cameron have agreed that “more work” is needed to strike a deal on governance and immigration in the European Union ahead of the UK’s in/out…

Malaysia’s top prosecutor has cleared Prime Minister Najib Razak of corruption in a long-running financial scandal that has gripped the nation.

The attorney-general’s office said the $681…

Israel’s Defense Ministry has approved plans to build 153 new settler homes in the occupied West Bank, a spokeswoman for the Israeli settlements watchdog Peace Now said on Monday.

China on Tuesday criticized what it said were “irresponsible” remarks made by a US official this week calling for Beijing to do more to curb North Korea’s banned nuclear program.

The US and the EU are still pursuing a dangerous policy of restraining Russia, including the NATO military buildup near its borders, Russia’s foreign minister said, adding that Moscow is ready to…

In 1930s Germany, Nazi Party leaders understood the power of mass communication to disseminate hatred and anti-Semitism.

“Propaganda,” Hitler wrote, “is a truly terrible weapon in the hands…

Four suicide bombers killed about 25 people in a village in Cameroon's Far North region on Monday, a local official said, the most deadly in a string of recent attacks in an area beset by violence…

Tech billionaire Bill Gates and Britain’s chancellor of the Exchequer unveiled a plan to spend billions to defeat “the world’s deadliest killer” malaria on Monday.

Chancellor George Osborne…

Anti-government protesters defied a nationwide security crackdown in Egypt and took to the streets as the country marked the fifth anniversary on Monday of the 2011 uprising that toppled longtime…

EU foreign affairs chief, Federica Mogherini, on Monday called for an “immediate ceasefire” in Turkey’s Kurdish-dominated region where the Turkish Army is waging a relentless campaign against…

The Islamic State group released a video purporting to show nine militants involved in the November Paris attacks that killed 130 people, in which they threaten “coalition” countries, including…

Russia’s Defense Ministry said on Monday it has no plans to create another air base in Syria. The ministry’s statement follows media reports claiming that Russia could be preparing to set up…

US Secretary of State John Kerry on Monday said he hoped for “clarity” within 48 hours on the parameters of talks aimed at ending Syria’s five-year war.

Speaking in Laos, America’s top…

Afghanistan’s President Ashraf Ghani has vowed to “bury” the terrorist Islamic State group’s affiliate in the country, a report said, after Washington granted the US military legal authority to…

India has signed a deal with France to purchase 36 Rafale fighter jets, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday.

The announcement about the intergovernmental agreement followed…

A cold snap sweeping across East Asia has killed at least 85 people in Taiwan and stranded close to 90,000 tourists in South Korea.

Taiwanese media reported deaths from hypothermia and…

French President Francois Hollande began a three-day visit to India on Sunday to boost a multibillion-dollar deal for France’s Rafale combat aircraft and work for closer cooperation on…

Russia on Sunday confirmed it had shut for “security reasons” an Arctic border post with Norway to migrants being controversially returned from the Nordic country.

Norway on Saturday said…