International

German and Omani foreign ministers called for a ceasefire in Yemen on Tuesday as a UN special envoy and a senior Iranian diplomat also arrived in the German capital of Berlin for talks to end…

Reports in Nigeria say as many as 60 people may have been killed after a raid on a village in the northeast by suspected Boko Haram militants.

The attack on Kukuwa in Yobe State happened…

Dozens of people have been arrested in Fiji after authorities said they were trying to incite political upheaval or violence, saying some were involved with a paramilitary-style training…

Sri Lanka's former strongman Mahinda Rajapaksa admitted his dream of a political comeback was over Tuesday, conceding defeat in parliamentary elections while his victorious rival appealed for…

Thai authorities said on Tuesday they were looking for a suspect seen on closed-circuit television footage near a famous shrine where a bomb blast killed 22 people, nearly half of them foreigners…

The 12-year-old girl said she had been raped by a foreign soldier, one of many who had come to Central African Republic to calm sectarian violence. So the military commander brought her in front…

The Kurdish Regional Government’s judicial council has extended the term of KRG President Masoud Barzani, set to expire on Thursday, for another two years, according to the KRG’s Justice Ministry…

Turkey’s pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) will consider taking part in an interim power-sharing government to lead the country to a new election, co-chairman Selahattin Demirtas said on…

The United Nations Security Council agreed on a French-led initiative to renew peace talks in Syria, which was adopted by Russia and the other 14 members, despite reservations from Venezuela.

Airstrikes by a Saudi-led coalition of Arab countries in Yemen have left a “bloody train of civilian death,” according to a report from Amnesty International.

The 30-page document…

The bodies of all 54 people who were on board a plane that crashed in remote eastern Indonesia at the weekend were found Tuesday at the crash site, an official said.

Earlier, rescuers…

Canada’s ruling Conservative Party is trailing the two main opposition parties for the first time, according to a poll, as a high-profile bribery and fraud trial involving a former senate ally to…

Former Iraqi premier Nouri al-Maliki on Tuesday dismissed as “worthless” a parliamentary report blaming him and others for the militant takeover of second city Mosul last year.

At least seven civilians and two soldiers were killed overnight Monday in eastern Ukraine as shelling from the warring sides intensified.

The local Donetsk News Agency said…

The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons on Monday voiced “serious concern” over reports that the Islamic State militant group has used chemical weapons in Iraq.

“Recent…

A bomb on a motorcycle exploded on Monday just outside a Hindu shrine in the center of the Thai capital, killing at least 27 people in an attack the government said was aimed at destroying the…

Abubakar Shekau says he is alive and still the leader of Boko Haram extremist group, denying reports he is dead, according to a new audio message quoted on social media on Sunday.

Social…

According to an article published in the British paper Daily Telegraph, the Kurdistan Workers’ Party has said in order for Turkish airstrikes to end, they have had “indirect secret” meetings with…

Two Saudi border guards were killed in an attack from Yemen by rebel forces, Riyadh’s official news agency said.

They were killed in the Jazan district bordering Yemen, the official SPA…

About a hundred people whose residences were damaged in the massive Tianjin blasts gathered Monday for a protest to demand compensation from the government as the death toll from the disaster rose…

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has approved an anti-terrorism law that sets up special courts and provides protections to its enforcers.

Hundreds of thousands of people took part in protests across Brazil on Sunday, calling for the impeachment of President Dilma Rousseff, less than a year into her second term as president.

Sri Lankans went to the polls in a general election on Monday with former president Mahinda Rajapaksa hoping to return to office as prime minister. He lost the presidency to his former health…

Iraq’s Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Sunday ordered his Cabinet reduced from 33 members to just 22, consolidating the body as part of a major reform push in response to mass protests against…

The US military will drastically increase drone flights over the next four years to boost intelligence and strike capabilities across a growing number of conflict zones. The Pentagon is planning…