International

German authorities evacuated around 20,000 people from their homes in the western city of Cologne on Wednesday after a World War II bomb was unearthed during construction work.

The European Commission is set to pave the way for the relocation of around 40,000 refugees within Europe. The bloc was to present details of its refugee policy on Wednesday.

Iraq’s Shiite paramilitaries said on Tuesday they had taken charge of the campaign to drive IS from the western province of Anbar.

Shiite militiamen, supported by a smaller group of…

An Italian organized crime boss convicted for more than 20 murders was caught in Brazil after 31 years on the run. Pasquale Scotti - a leading member of the Camorra, a Naples-based mafia-style…

A US appeals court dealt another blow to President Barack Obama’s efforts to grant amnesty to millions of illegal immigrants. Obama had used an executive order in November to drive through the…

If I were Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi, I’d be slightly worried that I received a phone call from US Vice President Joe Biden Monday assuring him of continued and enhanced American…

Almost two-thirds of the population of war-torn Yemen have no access to clean water, two months into the Saudi-led air campaign against Houthi forces, relief agency Oxfam said Tuesday.

Taiwan proposed a peace initiative on Tuesday to resolve territorial disputes in the South China Sea that it says will reduce tensions that have put Beijing at odds with its neighbors and the…

An Air France flight from Paris was escorted by two US F-15 fighter jets to New York’s JFK Airport on Monday after an anonymous threat was made against the flight. The anonymous threat came from a…

At least 38 people were killed and six others injured after a fire broke out in a seniors home in central China’s Henan Province late Monday, authorities said Tuesday. The fire broke out at 7:55 p…

Kenyan police fought a fierce battle with Al-Shabaab militants after an ambush near the border with Somalia, officials said Tuesday.

The militants claimed in a statement that at least 25…

Iraq formally announced on Tuesday the start of a military operation to liberate the western province of Anbar from IS insurgents.

Ahmed al-Assadi, a spokesman for the Shiite paramilitaries…

About 100 fighter jets from the US and eight European nations began an Arctic training exercise in the Nordic nations on Monday amid worries on Russian military activity.

The exercise,…

For months, the UN’s top human rights officials knew about allegations of child sexual abuse by French soldiers in Central African Republic, collected by their own staff. But they didn’t follow up…

Moscow condemned the massacre of civilians in the ancient city of Palmyra in Syria, urging the international community to denounce double standards in its approach to fighting terrorists, and…

Memorial Day in the United States is, by federal law, a day of prayer for permanent peace. But is it possible to honestly pray for peace while our country is far and away number one in the…

Former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert was sentenced Monday to eight months in prison for unlawfully accepting money from a US supporter, capping the dramatic downfall of a man who only years…

China said it had lodged a complaint with the United States over a US spy plane that flew over parts of the disputed South China Sea in a diplomatic row that has fuelled tension between the world’…

Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski conceded defeat in the county's presidential election Sunday after an exit poll showed him trailing Andrzej Duda, a previously little-known right-wing…

Algeria has refused a request by the European Union to host an airbase for unmanned reconnaissance drones that can track down boats carrying illegal migrants through the Mediterranean Sea, an…

More than 430 people were reported to have died in a heatwave sweeping India, with temperatures reaching 48C in some areas. Most deaths have taken place in southern states, where more than 140…

United Nations talks to end the conflict in Yemen were postponed just four days before they were due to begin, a UN official said.

The leader of Lebanon’s Hezbollah said his fighters would expand their presence in Syria, stressing that the group was engaged in an existential battle against the IS militant group.

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Iraq’s military vowed Monday to recapture the city of Ramadi from the IS militant group “within days,” after criticism from the US Secretary of Defense Ash Carter that Iraqi troops “lack the will…

Tension is running high in Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province, days after a deadly bomb attack targeting a Shiite mosque killed 21 worshippers.