International

North Korea is planning another satellite launch next month, re-igniting fears that it is really testing a system to deliver nuclear weapons. The secretive state is already under international…

The European Union needs to accept responsibility for the lack of a common asylum policy, which has transformed this year’s growing influx of refugees from a manageable problem into yet another…

Pope Francis has offered stout words of support to Hispanic and other immigrants in the US, telling them not to be discouraged at a time when some prominent politicians are directing hostility…

Hacktivist group Anonymous has called out Saudi Arabia for its horrific human rights record by attacking the Persian Gulf kingdom’s government websites. The attack is in response to the upholding…

Israeli security forces have entered Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied Beit-ul-Moqaddas amid fresh clashes in the area.

Witnesses said Sunday’s confrontation between Israeli forces and…

Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke to Saudi Arabia's King Salman about finding a solution to the Syria crisis on Saturday, just two days before he is due to address the UN on the issue, the…

The UN Security Council must be revamped in order to reflect present-day realities, leaders of Brazil, Germany, India and Japan said Saturday.

The appeal was made…

Thousands of people marched in Mexico City demanding an explanation for the disappearances of 43 students one year ago in Iguala. The town is a transit hub for drug cartels sending heroin to the…

Dozens of firefighters have been combating the flames at the Baitul Futuh Mosque in Morden, southwest London. The mosque is considered to be the largest Muslim place of worship in western Europe.…

The Pentagon has said a group of militants trained by the US military to fight Islamic State has handed equipment to the Al-Qaeda-linked Al-Nusra Front. It is the latest setback to the training…

Palestinian officials and activists on Friday condemned a decision taken one day earlier by the Israeli Security Cabinet allowing Israeli troops to respond to Palestinian stone-throwers with live…

Lebanon’s movement Hezbollah has said that a six-month truce has been agreed for the militant-held town of Zabadani and two Shia towns in the northwest.

Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah…

The Islamic State militant group is making inroads in Afghanistan, winning over a growing number of sympathizers and recruiting followers in 25 of the country’s 34 provinces, a UN report said…

US President Barack Obama expressed concerns about Chinese militarization of artificial islands in the South China Sea to China’s President Xi Jinping on Friday, but Xi denied any plan to…

Dalai Lama has decided to cancel several public appearances in October after doctors advised him to rest, his office announced. The Tibetan Buddhist leader made his decision after traveling to the…

Thai police say a man they arrested over a deadly bombing at Bangkok’s Erawan shrine is indeed the bomber. A police spokesman said the man was the figure in a yellow shirt seen on CCTV leaving a…

Ukraine has said it will ban Russian airlines from flying into the country as part of sanctions over Moscow’s support for rebels in the east.

Kiev said the measures would take effect on 25…

Pope Francis on Friday condemned the craving for material gains and power, warning an annual gathering of world leaders at the United Nations that greed is destroying the Earth’s resources and…

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said that the territorial dispute with Russia cannot be solved without dialogue at the top level.

Abe said that to journalists prior to departure for New…

Shaker Aamer, the last British resident held in the US prison at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba is to be released, both the US Department of Defense and the UK government have confirmed.

Demonstrators have attacked a busload of refugees arriving at a reception center in southern Finland with stones and fireworks.

Between 30 and 40 protesters, one wearing a white robe like…

US House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner, who has struggled with repeated rebellions from the conservative wing of his Republican Party, plans to resign from the House at the end of…

The UN humanitarian chief has said he is alarmed that UN agencies have been ordered out of eastern Ukraine’s separatist-controlled Luhansk region by the “de facto authorities” there.

The Israeli security Cabinet has backed four-year minimum sentences and relaxed its open-fire rules in expanded efforts to punish people who throw stones and firebombs at police,…

President Pena Nieto has said he would create a new prosecutor to look into the thousands of missing Mexicans. His announcement came after a meeting with the families of 43 students who went…