International

Germany closed its embassy in Yemen, citing security concerns after the recent takeover of the country by Houthi militants. Italy and Spain also made the move, joining the diplomatic exodus, which…

Democratic Republic of Congo failed to meet a UN deadline to remove two generals accused of rights abuses and will now be formally notified that peacekeepers will not support its…

Canadian police said they stopped a plot in which at least two people had obtained weapons and planned to open fire in a public place on Saturday before committing suicide. Three people have been…

Brazilians are hoarding water in their apartments, drilling homemade wells and taking other emergency measures to prepare for forced rationing that appears likely and could leave taps dry for up…

Chinese troops are rehearsing for a major parade in September where the People’s Liberation Army is expected to unveil new homegrown weapons in the first of a series of public displays of military…

United Nations negotiators resumed talks on Wednesday with delegates from Libya’s warring factions, holding separate meetings with rival parties in the latest attempt to end the OPEC oil producer’…

 European powers warned Russia it risked fresh sanctions if a ceasefire deal aimed at ending the 10-month war between Ukraine troops and pro-Moscow rebels was not implemented.

Islamic State insurgents took control on Thursday of large parts of the western Iraqi town of al-Baghdadi, threatening an air base where US Marines are training Iraqi troops, officials said.

Boko Haram fighters attacked a Chadian village overnight, killing several people in the first known lethal attack by the Nigerian militant group in the country, residents and a security source…

China offered on Thursday to mediate in stalled efforts to engage the Afghan Taliban in peace negotiations, reflecting its desire to play a more active role in a region it sees as part of its…

For years, scientists and security analysts have warned that global warming looms as a potential source of war and unrest. Storms, droughts, floods, and spells of extreme heat or exceptional cold…

Russian President Vladimir Putin confirmed he is traveling to Minsk for crucial peace talks with Ukrainian, French and German leaders.

The presence of the leaders has raised a…

An Egyptian court ordered the retrial of 36 supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) organization who had been sentenced to death in a mass trial that included the group’s leader last year,…

A French court has opened proceedings in the trial of Pablo Picasso’s former electrician and his wife who stand accused of stealing 271 pieces of the artist’s work. The cache includes…

Three members of a Muslim family in North Carolina’s university town of Chapel Hill were gunned down in their house, in what some are alleging was a hate crime which has sparked grief and anger in…

The US Air Force dispatched a dozen A-10 Thunderbolt II attack jets and about 300 airmen to Germany as part of a military exercise, which is expected to involve NATO allies in Eastern Europe amid…

The election results of the Delhi poll last week were keenly awaited. Delhi has a larger-than-life significance in India’s national politics. If a ruling party at the center cannot win in Delhi,…

At least two people have been killed in a pile-up involving about 100 cars on a bridge near South Korea’s Incheon International Airport. Another 42 people were injured in the incident, eight of…

Police in Sydney charged two men with planning to carry out an imminent attack. The men were advanced in their preparations for an act of terrorism in Australia as revenge for “incidents overseas…

The UN’s coordinator for humanitarian affairs in Palestine called on Tuesday for lifting the years-long siege of the Gaza Strip and for rebuilding areas damaged during Israel’s devastating…

Some 20,000 foreign fighters – including at least 3,400 westerners – have joined the Islamic State militant group and are now fighting on the frontline in Iraq and Syria, according to estimates in…

The United States, Britain and France said Wednesday they were closing their embassies in Yemen following Houthi rebels seizing power there, highlighting the turmoil gripping the country as it…

At least 300 people are feared dead after they tried to cross the Mediterranean Sea from Libya to Italy in four rubber dinghies, the United Nations Refugee Agency said.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi is to pay an official visit to Pakistan, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Iran from Feb. 12-16. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying made the…

Masked gunmen fired shots toward a police vehicle in the southern port city of Marseilles, French police officials said, hours before Prime Minister Manuel Valls was due to visit on Monday.