International

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has warned the European Union to speed up its response to the refugee crisis. Antonio Guterres said the bloc faces a “tragedy” if people travel…

A liquefied gas container exploded in a restaurant in eastern China at lunchtime on Saturday, causing a fire and killing 17 people at a restaurant in city of Wuhu, west of Shanghai. “When the fire…

A student was killed and another person was wounded during a shooting outside a Texas Southern University student-housing complex on Friday, and police have detained two men for questioning,…

Tunisia's National Dialogue Quartet won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for helping build democracy in the birthplace of the Arab Spring, an example of peaceful transition in a region otherwise…

The UN envoy for Libya proposed the formation of a unity government Friday aimed at ending years of conflict, but the plan was dismissed by lawmakers in the country’s two rival parliaments.

NATO is ready to deploy to Turkey if needed, the chief of the military alliance said on Thursday, amid new tensions with Russia over its recent intervention in Syria.

This is how a former president of the UN General Assembly, arrested this week in an alleged bribery scheme, paid himself, the criminal complaint says: John Ashe accepted more than $3 million from…

The West must “treat Russia properly” and address it as an equal, European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker said Thursday, criticizing US President Barack Obama for labeling Moscow a mere…

Syrian troops backed by Lebanon’s Hezbollah and Russian airstrikes advanced Thursday in western Syria in a “vast offensive” against rebels, as NATO voiced alarm at Moscow’s escalating military…

Hillary Clinton used her private email account to pass along the identity of one of the CIA’s top Libyan intelligence sources, raising new questions about her handling of classified information,…

A Yemeni affiliate of the Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for Tuesday’s attack on an Arab coalition base that killed at least 15 troops, including four UAE soldiers.

The…

Ban Ki-moon has urged Israel to investigate recent clashes in Beit-ul-Moqaddas and the West Bank, while Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called for calm after weeks of heightened unrest with…

It has been a year of unfolding statistics. Some 400,000 refugees have attempted to enter Europe this year, many fleeing the war in Syria. A much smaller, yet equally significant number have…

Registration centers for refugees arriving in the EU should not become “detention centers in disguise,” the UN’s senior human rights official said Tuesday.

In a statement, UN High…

The Nigerian Army has confirmed that seven soldiers and over 100 Boko Haram militants were killed in heavy fighting as troops repelled a Monday morning attack on the country’s northeastern Goniri…

The United States airstrike on an Afghanistan hospital was a mistake, General John Campbell, commander of US and NATO forces in Afghanistan, has told a Senate committee.

The US must adjust…

Yemen’s Houthis have confirmed in writing to the UN secretary-general their commitment to UN resolutions aimed at ending the country’s conflict.

Houthi representatives pledge to adhere to a…

The Syrian Army and allied forces carried out ground attacks on insurgent positions in Syria on Wednesday backed by Russian airstrikes, in what appeared to be their first major coordinated assault…

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe completed forming a new government, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga announced Wednesday. Out of 19 ministers, nine have maintained their posts.

Nine people were injured Tuesday when PKK terrorists detonated a car bomb near a gendarmerie station in eastern Turkey, a local official said. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity,…

French President Francois Hollande condemned on Tuesday the violent protests by Air France staff at plans to slash thousands of jobs, saying it damaged the country’s image.

Israel has razed a pair of homes belonging to the families of two Palestinians who attacked Israelis last year, according to witnesses and media reports.

Israeli authorities demolished the…

Yemen’s deposed prime minister Khaled Bahah escaped unharmed Tuesday after a rocket attack killed and wounded an unknown number of people at a hotel in the southern city of Aden, a minister said…

Three car bombs killed at least 50 people in Iraq on Monday, including 35 in a single blast north of Baghdad and 10 in a rare attack in the south, officials said.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and top EU officials discussed a plan to tackle the spiraling migrant crisis during talks in Brussels on Monday, including a “safe zone” in northern Syria.…