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Chinese authorities say three men died when they suffocated while trying to rob an ancient tomb in the central province of Henan, known for its many relic-laden graves. Police said Monday that…

An Indian court sentenced five men to death and jailed seven for life on Wednesday for planning bomb blasts that ripped through Mumbai commuter trains in 2006, killing more than 180 people and…

In his wide-ranging address to the United Nations General Assembly in New York last week, Pope Francis delivered a powerful and notable call to action for governmental leaders to accelerate…

The court in the southern Hungarian town of Szeged has shelved other criminal cases and is handing down fast-track verdicts punishing migrants for unlawfully crossing a razor-wire fence that lines…

US President Barack Obama met his Cuban counterpart Raul Castro on Tuesday at the United Nations, where a day earlier both had called for an end to the American trade embargo against Havana.

China’s leader, Xi Jinping, has concluded his tour of the US that began in Seattle, then the official state visit at the White House in Washington and lastly at the UN in New York. What are we to…

Chinese President Xi Jinping will make his first state visit to Britain next month, the British government said on Tuesday, 10 years after the last such visit by a Chinese president. Xi and his…

The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for gunning down an Italian in the Bangladesh’s capital, according to SITE intelligence group.  The claim by the group could not immediately be…

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the Turkish military had killed more than 30 Kurdish militants on Friday in a cross-border operation he described as part of the rebels’ “last struggle”.

US President Barack Obama and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, jibed at each other at an annual UN meeting, alongside signs that the two leaders may be inching toward compromises on Syria’…

The death toll from an airstrike on a wedding party in Yemen on Monday has risen to at least 131, the United Nations and local medics say.

Missiles reportedly hit two tents in a village…

Italy has said its coast guard saved more than 1,000 migrants in a series of rescues off the Libyan coast. It comes as the EU prepares to begin its anti-smuggling operations in the Mediterranean…

Afghanistan has launched a counteroffensive in Kunduz a day after Taliban forces overran the strategic northern city. It was the group’s biggest victory since being ousted from power in 2001.

Clashes have erupted for a second day in a row at Al-Aqsa, after Israeli security forces stormed the mosque and fought with Palestinian worshippers.

Witnesses on the ground in Beit-ul-…

The United States is willing to work with Iran and Russia to try to end the Syrian conflict, US President Barack Obama said on Monday at the UN General Assembly, but insisted there could not be a…

The easing of tensions between Russia and the West is prompting reset of a troubled relationship some 8,000 kilometers to the east of Ukraine and Syria in the Asia-Pacific as Tokyo picks up the…

The gap between Britons who want to remain in the European Union and those who want to leave remains tight ahead of a membership referendum due by the end of 2017, according to an opinion poll on…

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has given an order to the transportation ministry to consider retaliatory restrictive measures against Ukraine for banning Russian flights. Last week,…

Germany’s domestic intelligence chief has warned of a radicalization of right-wing groups amid a record influx of migrants and refugees, as xenophobic rallies and clashes shook several towns at…

IS launched its first attack on the Afghan security forces early Sunday with hundreds of fighters attacking police posts in eastern Nangarhar province, officials said.

Residents and medics said airstrikes by helicopters flying from Saudi Arabia killed 30 civilians in a Yemeni village on Sunday, but Saudi authorities dismissed the accounts as “totally false”.

Pro-independence parties in Spain’s Catalonia region have won an absolute majority in regional elections.

The main separatist alliance and a smaller nationalist party won 72 seats in the…

Chinese troops reportedly are teaming up with Syrian forces in what is being termed as the deal that will allow Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to stay in power.

A report…

France has launched its first air strikes against Islamic State militants in Syria in an effort to stem the militant group’s growing presence in the country. The French president confirmed the…

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg on Saturday promised German Chancellor Angela Merkel that his company would work on measures to combat racist and hateful comments on the social media platform.