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Parents who cross illegally from Mexico to the United States with their children will not face prosecution for the time being because the government is running short of space to house them,…

Germany and France pushed Sunday for new solutions to the migration crisis as bickering among European Union leaders left boats carrying hundreds of African migrants adrift at sea.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s approval rating jumped in two public opinion surveys, in the latest sign his premiership had escaped danger after a series of domestic scandals earlier this…

Thailand will hold a general election by May 5 next year, a deputy prime minister said on Monday, signaling the possibility of another delay of a vote that had tentatively been set for February…

In an attack by herdsmen on six villages in central Nigeria 86 people have been killed, local media reported. Another six people were wounded and 50 homes were destroyed in the attacks in the…

Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has dominated Turkish politics for the past 15 years, was set on Monday to extend his rule and take on sweeping new powers after winning landmark presidential and…

President Donald Trump on Sunday called for the US to deport people without judicial proceedings, referred to an invasion by “these people” and railed against standing immigration laws.

People in Turkey voted Sunday in dual parliamentary and presidential polls seen as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's toughest election test, with the opposition revitalized and his popularity at…

China must lead the way in reforming global governance, the foreign ministry on Saturday cited President Xi Jinping as saying, as Beijing looks to increase its world influence.

China has…

Lech Walesa, Poland’s former president and pro-democracy leader, said Saturday he is joining forces with the opposition to prevent Poland’s right-wing ruling party from winning a string of…

Around 100,000 supporters of the European Union have marched through central London to demand the British government hold a final public vote on the terms of Brexit.

The blast that wounded several people as President Emmerson Mnangagwa left a campaign rally in the city of Bulawayo may have significantly changed the country’s political landscape ahead of next…

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi and nationalist cleric Muqtada al-Sadr on Saturday said they had formed an alliance in a bid to create a new government after May polls.

Sadr’s joint…

Ethiopian officials say two people have died and dozens more are injured, after an explosion at a huge political rally for the new Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed.

The White House in an announcement on Friday said North Korea remains an "unusual and extraordinary threat" to the United States despite President Donald Trump's assertion last week that…

A survey carried out by YouGov and published on Friday shows that 43% of Germans want Angela Merkel to leave office.

The survey also revealed that 42% of respondents wanted the veteran…

An explosion has killed several people at a large rally by supporters of Ethiopia’s new, reformist Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed in the capital Addis Ababa.

In a televised address shortly…

The United States government decision to end its border policy of forcibly separating migrant children from their parents, does not help thousands of youngsters already in detention, who should…

A Washington federal judge rejected Paul Manafort’s request to dismiss a money-laundering charge he faces at a pending trial. Manafort, Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman, is also charged…

Italy doubled down Friday on its new tough stance against migrants, insisting it could not take “one more” refugee and warned the migration crisis could put the bloc’s survival at stake.

Immigration enforcement on the US-Mexico border was plunged deeper into chaos over US President Donald Trump's reversal of a policy separating immigrant children from parents, causing…

Taliban militants killed at least 16 Afghan police and two civilians in western Badghis province after their three-day ceasefire for the Eid al-Fitr holiday ended at the weekend, officials said…

French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday likened rising nationalism and anti-migrant sentiment in Europe to “leprosy”. On a visit to Brittany three days before a meeting of European leaders…

The latest attempt at ending South Sudan’s five-year civil war failed Friday as President Salva Kiir rejected working again with rival Riek Machar after their first face-to-face meeting in…

Officials from North and South Korea have met in the North’s Mount Kumgang to discuss reunions for families separated by the 1950-1953 Korean War, South Korean media reported, as diplomatic ties…