International

Iraqi cleric Muqtada al-Sadr announced on Tuesday a surprise political alliance with Hadi al-Ameri in a bid to lead Iraq over the next four years. The two blocs won first and second place in the…

The UK government has agreed to give parliament more power over its Brexit negotiations in a last-ditch bid to avoid a damaging House of Commons defeat.

Yemeni forces loyal to Abd-Rabbu Mansur Hadi and their Saudi-led allies launched an assault to retake the country's aid lifeline, a siege that could dramatically exacerbate the humanitarian…

Human rights groups have denounced Italy and Malta’s refusal to allow a refugee rescue ship to dock at their ports, amid growing uncertainty for the hundreds of people on board, including 123…

North Korean media lauded on Wednesday the summit between Kim Jong-un and Donald Trump as a resounding success, highlighting concessions by the US president and the prospect of a new era of…

The UN Security Council urged the Taliban Monday to reciprocate the Afghan government’s ceasefire offer “in full”.

The Taliban announced on Saturday a three-day truce for the forthcoming…

The United Nations is racing to avoid an imminent offensive on a major Yemeni port city considered a lifeline for the country’s war-ravaged population.

The US dedicated a new de-facto embassy in Taiwan on Tuesday in what officials described as an indicator of robust ties with the self-governing island democracy that China claims as its own…

The government of Qatar is taking the United Arab Emirates to the UN International Court of Justice over what it described as human rights violations, according to the official Qatar News Agency…

An Iraqi court has ordered the arrest of four people accused of setting fire to a storage site housing ballot boxes from a May parliamentary election.

Three of the suspects are policemen…

Madagascar’s president announced Monday that a new government had been appointed following a court ruling which called for a “consensus” administration to resolve a political crisis sparked by…

US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un pledged on Tuesday to work toward complete denuclearization of the Korean peninsula while Washington committed to provide security…

US President Donald Trump said on Monday his historic summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Singapore could “work out very nicely” as officials from both countries met to narrow…

A US military F15 fighter jet crashed in waters off Japan’s southern island of Okinawa, where the bulk of US forces in Japan are based, during a routine training mission on Monday, US Forces…

At least 12 people were killed and 31 wounded when a suicide attacker blew himself up outside a government ministry in Kabul on Monday, officials said, as employees were leaving their offices…

A fire has been brought under control at Iraq’s biggest ballot paper storage depot after calls for an election recount. Votes for the eastern district of the Iraqi capital Baghdad were being…

Austria’s main federation of Muslim residents (IGGiOe) has expressed concerns over Vienna’s announcement of shutting down seven mosques and expelling Turkish-funded imams.

Vienna wants…

A ship carrying more than 600 rescued migrants, including 123 unaccompanied minors and seven pregnant women, is stranded in the Mediterranean Sea after Italy’s new populist government refused…

Tens of thousands of Spaniards from the northern Basque Country have formed a line that stretched over 200 kilometers to demand a ballot on secession for the wealthy region.

Protesters…

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un arrived on Sunday in Singapore ahead of one of the most unusual and highly anticipated summits in recent world history, a sit-down with US President Donald Trump…

Spain’s minister for regional affairs, Meritxell Batet, called on Saturday for constitutional reform, saying there was an urgent need for it with regard to the ongoing political conflict between…

Saudi authorities have arrested two more women’s rights activists in the last three days, according to a human rights group.

Masaya, a city battling at the front lines of Nicaragua’s heated anti-government protests, once again became the scene of fierce street battles that a rights group said saw one man die of a…

Scottish National Party supporters should focus on how to increase support for the independence cause, rather than on the timing of when Scotland might split from the United Kingdom, SNP leader…

A man has been arrested on suspicion of killing a passenger and injuring two others in a knife attack on a bullet train in Japan, police say. The fatal stabbing occurred at about 22:00 local…