International

The former Catalan president living in exile can be extradited to Spain, a German court has ruled. Carles Puigdemont fled to Belgium days after the region’s abortive declaration of independence…

Australia’s annual intake of permanent migrants has fallen to the lowest level since 2007 under the leadership of Malcolm Turnbull government, the latest migration data reveals.

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An explosion at a chemical plant in China has killed 19 people and injured 12, the local government said on Friday, the latest deadly industrial incident in the world’s largest producer of…

South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Friday urged US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un to try harder to achieve a breakthrough in their nuclear negotiations.

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Tens of thousands of people marched in central London in the first wave of a whirlwind of protests against the visit of US president Donald Trump, accusing him of torture, misogyny and racism.…

Militants attacked an office of the education department in Jalalabad on Wednesday killing 10 people, according to local officials, in the second deadly attack in as many days in the eastern…

A suicide bomb attack at an election rally in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar has killed at least 20 people, including prominent local politician Haroon Bilour, police said.

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Euroskeptic Tories have failed to stop UK Prime Minister Theresa May’s plan for a soft Brexit and are considering a radical last-ditch move that could bring down her minority government later…

Fugitive businessman Low Taek Jho, a suspect in the looting of Malaysian state investment fund 1MDB, has fled Macau to an unknown destination, police said on Wednesday. Malaysian authorities…

Austria’s hardline interior minister Herbert Kickl said Tuesday he would push to change the EU’s migration policy so it is no longer possible to make asylum requests on European soil.

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US President Donald Trump traded barbs with German Chancellor Angela Merkel at a tense NATO summit on Wednesday after he accused Berlin of being "captive" to Russia and demanded it immediately…

The final five members of a young soccer team were rescued from a flooded Thai cave on Tuesday after spending 18 harrowing days trapped deep inside, completing an astonishing against-the-odds…

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made a surprise stop Monday in Afghanistan, where he met with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and offered US support in facilitating peace talks with the Taliban…

President Donald Trump nominated Brett Kavanaugh for the US Supreme Court on Monday as he aimed to entrench its conservative control for years to come, but the federal appeals court judge faces…

South Korea has suspended its summertime civil defense drills aimed at preparing against a North Korean attack to keep alive a positive atmosphere for nuclear diplomacy with the North.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday took on greater powers than any Turkish leader for decades as he was sworn in for a second presidential term, naming his son-in-law to the key post of…

Hamas has condemned an Israeli decision to seal off the Karam Abu Salem commercial border crossing, the primary passageway that transfers necessities to residents of the besieged Gaza Strip.

UK Prime Minister Theresa May is attempting to face down the biggest crisis of her leadership, denouncing her former foreign secretary over his failure to back her Brexit strategy and demanding…

Boris Johnson resigned from the UK government, tipping Prime Minister Theresa May deeper into crisis and increasing the chances she will face a leadership challenge over her Brexit policy.…

German companies signed a raft of agreements with Chinese partners at a meeting of Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang and German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin on Monday, according to a…

UK Prime Minister Theresa May moved quickly to contain a crisis in her government after her chief Brexit negotiator quit, replacing him with a young euroskeptic and insisted she would press…

A train derailed in northwest Turkey this weekend killing 24 people, Deputy Prime Minister Recep Akdag said on Monday, a sharp jump from the previous toll of 10.

At least 47 people were missing and five were in a critical condition as torrential rain that has killed 27 people pounds western and central Japan, public broadcaster NHK said on Saturday, with…

UK Prime Minister Theresa May won a crucial victory over pro-Brexit cabinet colleagues on Friday, as her government backed a wide-ranging plan to keep close trade ties with the European Union…

South Syrian rebels agreed to give up arms in a Russian-brokered ceasefire deal on Friday, rebel sources said, surrendering Deraa province to the government in another major victory for…