International

A prominent Kenyan MP was shot dead along with two bodyguards and a driver in the center of the capital Nairobi early Saturday, police said. Detectives said George Muchai, a member of Kenyan’s…

North Korea test-fired a new anti-ship cruise missile, images released by state media on Saturday showed. The images were released in the lead-up to US-South Korean military exercises…

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said on Friday that he and his deputy will urge the ruling party to reject calls to hold a leadership ballot next week that could potentially oust them.

The leaders of Germany and France announced a new peace plan for Ukraine on Thursday, before flying to Moscow on Friday to discuss their plan with Russian President…

Al-Qaeda’s branch in Yemen announced on Thursday that one of its top figures was killed in a US drone strike last month in the country’s south. The slain member identified as Sheikh Harith al-…

A fire at a warehouse in China killed at least 17 people, Xinhua said on Friday. The fire broke out at on Thursday afternoon on the fourth floor of a small wholesale market in the southern…

Pope Francis will bring his message of peace and compassion to politically gridlocked Washington in September when he becomes the first pontiff to address the US Congress, lawmakers said Thursday…

NATO’s recent decision to set up additional command centers in six different countries will inevitably lead to “adequate” changes in Russia’s military planning, the country’s…

Jordan’s airstrikes on Islamic State targets on Thursday are “the beginning of our retaliation” for the killing of a captured Jordanian pilot, Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh said in a televised…

Egypt and Norway urged donors on Thursday, including Persian Gulf states to keep promises of providing $5.4 billion in aid for the Palestinians after the devastating war in Gaza…

United States is pressing Cuba to allow the opening of its embassy in Havana by April, US officials said, despite Cuba’s demand that it first be removed from the US list of state sponsors of…

For 20 years, the White House stood guard over the peace process, reserving for itself the role of stewarding Israel and the Palestinians to a resolution of their conflict. Like some Godfather,…

Six people were killed and more than a dozen injured when a crowded New York commuter train struck a car stalled on the tracks near a suburban area during rush hour, in what officials said was the…

Pope Francis called on the parties to the Ukrainian civil war to put an end to violence and seek a compromise path towards peace.

“Let us pray to the Lord so that this horrible fratricide…

Which emerging threat is the world missing right now? After a truly horrendous year for international peace and security, this question will be even more important for the leaders, analysts, and…

Chad said Wednesday it inflicted heavy losses on Nigeria’s Boko Haram, killing “over 200” militants in a border town that it wrested from the rebels in a ground offensive.

Nine Chadian…

A plane carrying mostly Chinese tourists crashed into a river in Taiwan on Wednesday, killing at least 23 people. Video footage emerged showing the TransAsia Airways plane clipping a bridge as it…

Jordan executed two al-Qaeda prisoners before dawn Wednesday, just hours after an online video purported to show Islamic State militants burning a captured Jordanian pilot to death in a cage.

North Korea said on Wednesday it sees no more need to negotiate with the United States, accusing Washington of plotting to “bring down” its regime, and threatened to strike back using…

Gunmen stormed the al-Mabruk oilfield in central Libya late Tuesday, a spokesman for state-run National Oil Corp (NOC) said on Wednesday. “Unknown gunmen stormed the Mabrook oilfield last…

The European Union is easing its travel ban on Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe, while he serves as chairman of the African Union next year. EU spokeswoman Catherine Ray said the ban would be…

At least five people died when a hospital in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk was shelled Wednesday, a local news agency reports.

Hamas blamed Egypt's military forces for firing at Palestinian security posts in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, according to AFP.

Palestinian authorities claimed that…

The International Court of Justice rejected on Tuesday claims of genocide by Serbia and Croatia against each other during the Croatian war of secession from Yugoslavia.

Rupert Murdoch’s company News Corp will not be prosecuted in the US over the phone-hacking scandal that engulfed the media giant in the UK. US officials were looking into whether alleged payments…