International

France called on Israel to “immediately” reverse a decision to approve the building of 200 new homes in settlements in East Jerusalem, a move it said directly threatened a two-state…

Hong Kong student leaders were to fly to Beijing Saturday to try to meet China’s top officials to press their case for a greater say in choosing the territory’s next leader. If they are allowed to…

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is to send a special envoy to Russia, North Korean state media have said, without stating the purpose of the trip. Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) also did not…

Touchdown! The Philae probe has landed on the surface of a comet, scientists from the European Space Agency (ESA) announced Wednesday, CNN reported.

It is the first time a soft landing has…

China has proposed setting up a forum to restart stalled peace talks between Afghanistan and Taliban, the latest sign Beijing wants more of a say in its troubled neighbor's affairs.

The head of Catalonia’s regional government Artur Mas proposed on Tuesday that Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy establish a permanent dialogue over Catalan independence and raft of measures to…

Mexican protesters have fought running battles with police and set fire to the ruling party’s local offices in protest at the authorities’ handling of the case of 43 missing student teachers.

The head of a review into the disappearance of a dossier handed to the British government 30 years ago which accused figures at the heart of the establishment of raping children, said on Tuesday…

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will postpone a planned tax increase and call a general election for December, a newspaper said on Wednesday, in an effort to lock in his grip on power before…

The United States and China are planning to announce military agreements aimed at reducing the possibility of confrontation between the two powers, the Wall Street Journal reported on…

About 13.6 million people, equivalent to the population of London, have been displaced by conflicts in Syria and Iraq, and many are without food or shelter as winter starts, the UN…

An attack against a mosque in a West Bank village early on Wednesday ignited a fire that destroyed its first floor, the village’s mayor said, blaming Jewish settlers for the attack.

Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court has cleared President Mahinda Rajapaksa to stand for a third six-year term and declare snap presidential polls after he completes four years in office, his party said in…

Police in the Polish capital used water cannon and fired rubber bullets on Tuesday to push back masked men, who broke away from a far-right march involving tens of thousands of people, and threw…

Yemen’s Houthi rebels who recently overtook the capital, Sanaa, tried to impose their authority at the city’s international airport, setting off overnight clashes with security personnel that…

Attempted murder, waging war on the state, criminal intimidation and fraud are some of the charges on the rap sheets of ministers Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi appointed to the cabinet on…

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair was paid £41,000 ($65,195) a month to work by a Saudi oil company headed by a member of the royal family to introduce the firm to his political contacts in…

Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto has condemned violent protests over the apparent massacre of 43 students after demonstrators set fire to the door of his ceremonial palace in Mexico City.

Two bombings and a militant attack on a checkpoint in Pakistan killed six people Tuesday, officials said.

The deadliest attack struck the security checkpoint in the northwestern Orakzai…

Britain launched its first drone strike in Iraq against IS fighters at the weekend, the government said on Monday, saying a Hellfire missile had been fired at militants laying improvised…

Iraqi President Fouad Masoum was visiting Riyadh on Tuesday, Saudi state media reported, raising hopes of a tentative thaw in long-chilly relations between the Arab neighbors.

The UN mediator in the Syrian conflict, Staffan de Mistura, says he believes there is a fresh opportunity to resolve the country’s crisis.

He said truce measures could succeed because of…

Romanian Foreign Minister Titus Corlatean resigned on Monday after thousands of people rallied at the weekend in support of compatriots abroad who complained of long queues at embassy polling…

The captain of the South Korean ferry which sank in April has been found guilty of gross negligence and sentenced to 36 years in prison. The Sewol ferry was carrying 476 people when it went down.…

Hundreds of bereaved family members and friends of passengers who died in the Malaysia Airlines MH17 disaster have gathered in the Dutch capital Amsterdam to commemorate the dead.

Nearly…