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A French policeman who shot dead a young black man in western France earlier this week, sparking four nights of rioting, has been charged with manslaughter, his lawyer said as fresh clashes…

Scott Pruitt resigned as Environmental Protection Agency chief Thursday after White House Chief of Staff John Kelly delivered a message from the president that it was time for the scandal-…

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo wrapped up two days of talks with senior North Korean officials on Saturday without meeting Kim Jong-un but with commitments for new discussions on…

A Pakistani anti-corruption court has found former prime minister Nawaz Sharif guilty of corruption and sentenced him to 10 years in prison and a $10.5 million fine, a move that could be a blow…

Japan executed Shoko Asahara, the leader of the doomsday cult responsible for the 1995 sarin-gas attack on Tokyo’s subway that killed 13 people and sickened thousands.

Italy’s president has called for politicians to use “rationality” when discussing immigration, after the country’s interior minister Matteo Salvini called for a Europe-wide alliance to “defend…

US Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt, who had been lauded by Donald Trump for his aggressive efforts to roll back environmental regulations, resigned on Thursday under heavy…

At least 24 people were killed in a series of explosions Thursday at fireworks warehouses in the town of Tultepec in central Mexico, including rescue workers who died saving others’ lives,…

French President Emmanuel Macron met with his Nigerian counterpart Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Abuja as part of his latest attempt to forge closer ties with English-speaking Africa.

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At least 134 Palestinians have been wounded by Israeli gunfire as thousands of Palestinian women demonstrated along the heavily fortified fence with Israel in the besieged Gaza Strip.

Motorcycle-borne gunmen have assassinated a mayor in a town north of the Philippine capital, the second such killing of an official in two days, police said.

Violence in southern Ethiopia since June has forced more than 800,000 people to flee their homes and they need food and other aid, a report by the United Nations and the government said on…

The US Senate Intelligence Committee has unequivocally upheld the conclusion of the intelligence community that Russia allegedly developed a “clear preference” for then-candidate Donald Trump in…

Anti-government protesters rallied Wednesday in front of Poland’s Supreme Court in Warsaw to show support for the rule of law and for the court’s president, who is being forced to retire under a…

Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak has been charged with four counts of corruption for embezzling public money from Malaysia’s 1MDB fund.

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen lost an EU court challenge against a European Parliament order to pay back almost €300,000 ($346,700) after being accused of misusing funds earmarked for…

German Chancellor Angela Merkel defused a feud with her Bavarian allies over migration, ending a standoff that threatened to upend her government.

Sri Lanka is shifting a naval base to a port built and controlled by China, a move that will strengthen security at a harbor that foreign powers fear China could use for military purposes.

Former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak has been arrested, Malaysia’s anti-corruption task force told the ABC, amid an investigation into how billions of dollars went missing from a state…

There are growing concerns over media censorship and violence against journalists in Pakistan as the country prepares to hold its general elections later this month.

Three weeks after the US-North Korea summit and ahead of an impending trip to North Korea by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, a leaked US intelligence report and an analysis of satellite data…

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said he heard “unimaginable” accounts of atrocities during a visit Monday to vast camps in Bangladesh that are home to a million Rohingya refugees who fled…

A controversial Philippines mayor who gained notoriety for parading people arrested on drug offenses was shot and killed by a sniper at a flag-raising ceremony at Tanauan City Hall Monday…

The United States has a plan that would lead to the dismantling of North Korea’s nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programs in a year, President Donald Trump’s national security adviser said…

At least 19 people have been killed in a suicide bombing in the eastern city of Jalalabad, according to officials.  The blast on Sunday damaged shops and buildings around Mukhaberat square…