International

Television reporter Britta Hilpert was astonished to be jostled and surrounded as she tried to report on a demo in Germany. Figures show reporters increasingly being prevented from doing their job…

The president of Paraguay has fired the head of the country’s indigenous affairs office after he apparently kicked an indigenous woman. A social media video shows Jorge Servin lift his knee and…

Radicals have claimed attacking a Shia mosque in Bangladesh. One person was killed and three others wounded.

The attack was the latest in a wave of deadly assaults this year on foreigners,…

Hundreds of protesters gathered outside the Istanbul office of an opposition newspaper on Friday, accusing the government of silencing critics and attempting to cover-up a scandal after two…

A male suicide bomber hit a procession of Shia Muslims in Nigeria’s Kano state as they walked to the city of Zaria to pay homage to their founder in the country, security sources and a Shia leader…

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned Russia on Friday not to “play with fire”, citing reports Turkish businessmen had been detained in Russia, while Moscow said it would suspend visa-free…

US soldiers have reportedly arrived in northern Syria—the first official deployment of US ground troops in the country.

The troops are tasked with training Kurdish and Syrian opposition…

Turkish authorities have arrested two prominent reporters on charges of assisting terrorism. They had published video footage online that allegedly tied the country’s state intelligence agency to…

France is to honor the 130 people who died in the November 13 attacks in Paris in a ceremony led by President Francois Hollande at the Invalides complex. Families of those killed in France’s worst…

Amnesty International has expressed alarm at reports that the authorities in Saudi Arabia are planning to execute dozens of people in a single day.

The newspaper Okaz said 55 people were…

Russia will keep cooperating with the United States and its partners to fight the Islamic State militants in Syria, but that cooperation will be in jeopardy if there are any repeats of Turkey’s…

Pope Francis visited Nairobi’s poorest residents, where he assured them that they had “a very special place in my life”. He had harsh words for the wealthy few who he said live at the expense of…

Malian special forces have arrested two men over last week’s attack on a luxury hotel in the capital that killed 19 people, according to a statement distributed Friday morning.

The…

Boko Haram extremists are suspected of being behind a deadly attack on the village of Gogone in Niger near its border with Nigeria. Among those killed was the village’s imam. Numerous residents…

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said on Wednesday Europe’s single currency will be jeopardized if its Schengen passport-free travel zone unravels due to member states reimposing…

A white Chicago policeman was charged with murdering a black teenager on Tuesday, hours before authorities released a graphic video showing the youth walking away from officers as he is shot 16…

Schools and public transportation are returning to normal operation in Brussels after closing due to security concerns. The Brussels region remains under Belgium’s highest terror threat warning…

Authorities say the alleged ringleader of the terror attacks in Paris was planning to carry out another attack the following week. Abdelhamid Abaaoud was killed in a shootout with police days…

An Indian soldier was killed in a gun battle at an army camp in Indian-administered Kashmir, officials said. Reuters quoted an army official as saying that three militants forced their way into…

The Canadian government says it will resettle only 10,000 Syrian refugees by the end of this year. But it said was still committed to bringing another 15,000 refugees from Syria by the end of…

US President Barack Obama and the NATO military alliance called for a de-escalation of tensions between Turkey and Russia, as their war of words over the downing of a Russian fighter jet…

As many as 15soldiers were captured by the Taliban after their helicopter went down in northern Afghanistan. Two of the troops taken are reportedly foreigners.

The chopper crash-landed on…

Tunisia’s President Beji Caid Essebsi declared a 30-day state of emergency across the country and imposed an overnight curfew for the capital Tuesday after an explosion struck a bus carrying…

Turkey shot down a Russian warplane near the Syrian border on Tuesday, saying it had violated its airspace, but Moscow said it could prove the jet had not left Syrian airspace. The clash is one of…

Scores of migrants are spending another night stuck on the Greece-Macedonia border after they were not allowed to continue their journey.

Groups of people have been seen trying to warm up…