International

The Philippines investigated a report that a Malaysian suicide bomber was planning to try to kill Pope Francis during the pontiff’s visit to Manila this month, interior secretary Manuel Roxas said…

The Indonesian military suspended the recovery operation for AirAsia flight QZ8501, which crashed into the Java Sea in December. Search teams failed to retrieve the fuselage after three days of…

A hacking group known by the name Lizard Squad which hacked the Malaysia Airlines’ website on Monday, claimed responsibility for taking down the websites of popular social…

The Islamic State militant group has nearly been pushed out of the Syrian border town of Kobane, activists and Kurdish officials said Monday, marking a major symbolic victory both for the…

French President Francois Hollande has succeeded at launching wars, but has failed at managing their consequences - as the latest attacks in Paris have demonstrated. In the aftermath of the…

The number of shootings in which a gunman wounds or kills multiple people has increased dramatically in recent years in the US, with the majority of attacks in the last decade occurring…

Japan sought help from Jordan and other countries Monday in its race to save a hostage held by the extremist Islamic State militant group, with no signs of progress on securing his release.

NATO said it will hold an “extraordinary” meeting of the alliance’s Ukraine Commission later Monday to discuss escalated fighting in eastern Ukraine.

Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg will…

Greece’s left-wing party Syriza vowing to end the country’s austerity program won a historic victory in Sunday’s parliamentary elections, setting up a showdown with the country’s international…

Google handed over emails and metadata of WikiLeaks staff to the United States government on the back of warrants carrying up to 45 years in prison, failing to…

A group calling itself “Official Cyber Caliphate” said it hacked on Monday the official website of national carrier Malaysia Airlines (MAS), but the airline said its data servers remained…

Downing Street said it is to review security procedures after a hoax caller was put through to Prime Minister David Cameron. It said the caller claimed to be Robert Hannigan, director of…

Gunmen kidnapped Hassan al-Saghir, the deputy foreign minister of Libya’s internationally recognized government, on Saturday. According to the interior minister Omar al-Zanki, the official was…

US President Barack Obama and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday they have reached a “breakthrough understanding” in efforts to free US investment in nuclear energy development in…

Greeks headed to the polls on Sunday for the third time in less than three years in a fraught and historic national election that could determine the country’s future in the eurozone and…

Germany has decided to stop exporting arms to Saudi Arabia, the German newspaper Bild am Sonntag said on Sunday, citing government sources as saying the kingdom was “too unstable” for it to be…

The scene is like something from a horror movie. Saturday, a known supporter of the Islamic State militant group posted a video online of one of two Japanese hostages holding up what looks like a…

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemned a deadly rocket attack in Ukraine’s government-held port of Mariupol on Saturday and denounced “provocative statements” made by pro-Russian…

Zambia’s presidential election has been won by Defense and Justice Minister Edgar Lungu of the Patriotic Front. Lungu won by a 48.3 percent majority, the election commission said, after an…

The North Korean leader Kim Jong Un may be attending the April Asian-African conference in Indonesia, marking his first international official visit, Yonhap News Agency reported Sunday.

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Egypt introduced tougher security measures in Cairo and other cities Sunday as protests marking the anniversary of the 2011 uprising that toppled former president Hosni Mubarak turned violent.

Nigerian militant group Boko Haram released about 190 captives, who returned to their community in the northeast state of Yobe between Friday and Saturday, while other people are still being held…

Police searched two airliners at Atlanta’s airport after “credible” bomb threats, US officials said. Threats were received against Delta and Southwest flights. Both planes had landed safely and…

One of the Japanese hostages captured by Islamic State militants was said to have been killed after a deadline passed for Japan to pay a $200 million ransom to secure his release. IS reportedly…

World leaders headed to Saudi Arabia Saturday to offer condolences following the death of King Abdullah, with US President Barack Obama cutting short a trip to India to pay respects.