International

Tension following pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong was expected to deal a blow to the country’s retail sector, with fears growing that the city could slip into recession.

The new Afghan government has signed a security deal with American officials that will allow US troops to remain in the country beyond 2014.

The agreement was signed by Afghanistan's newly…

A third video has appeared featuring British hostage John Cantlie who is being held by IS militants.

The journalist delivers a scripted message responding to US President…

Efforts to recover the bodies of at least 24 climbers have been suspended again after the eruption on Japan’s Mount Ontake intensified.

The volcano was shooting out even more ash, smoke and…

Hong Kong leader CY Leung has urged protesters to “immediately” stop their campaign, as huge crowds continue to bring parts of the territory to a standstill.

The protesters want Beijing to…

President Vladimir Putin and King Abdullah II of Jordan will meet in Moscow on October 2, the Kremlin press service said on Tuesday. The king will be visiting Russia on Putin’s invitation, ITAR-…

Bahrain’s opposition paralyzed traffic on the main streets of the capital, gearing up for more protests ahead of November 22 parliamentary elections. It is protesting the government’s decision to…

Ambassadors from the 28 European Union countries will meet on Tuesday to assess the implementation of a peace plan in Ukraine and consider cancelling sanctions against Russia, EU spokeswoman Maja…

A week after US-led airstrikes in Syria began, lawmakers continued to question President Barack Obama’s strategy for defeating the militant group Islamic State (IS), which he admitted in a…

Al-Qaeda-linked Al-Nusra Front has issued a new threatening audio message featuring its leader warning the West “will pay the heaviest price” for its actions. The Syrian group is reportedly now…

Protesters expanded their rallies throughout Hong Kong on Monday, defying calls to disperse in a major pushback against Beijing’s decision to limit political reforms in the Asian financial hub.…

The world’s largest bloc of Islamic countries has been lobbying the Palestinians to join the International Criminal Court (ICC) so it can prosecute Israeli politicians and military leaders for war…

A suicide bomber linked to al Qaeda drove a car laden with explosives into a hospital used as a base by Yemen’s Houthi movement on Sunday, killing at least 15 people, and five more died in an…

Twenty-two local police have been arrested following the deaths of six people in the Mexican state of Guerrero. Unidentified gunman and numerous officers were involved in several violent incidents…

France’s far-right National Front (FN) party has won its first two seats in the upper house of parliament, in what party leader Marine Le Pen has described as a “historic victory”.

Partial…

Japan’s plans to restart the Sendai nuclear reactor won’t be affected by the volcanic eruption of Mt. Ontake, the government said. The reactor is in a separate volcanically-active area, which rose…

Thousands of Philippine and American soldiers began annual war games on Monday near disputed waters in the South China Sea.

Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai was sworn in Monday as Afghanistan’s new president, replacing Hamid Karzai.

Moments after Ghani Ahmadzai took the oath, he swore in his election challenger, Abdullah…

Rescue workers have found 30 or more people unconscious and believed to be dead near the peak of an erupting volcano in central Japan, local government and police said Sunday.

A militant group affiliated with Al-Qaeda has claimed responsibility for a rocket attack on the headquarters of the US embassy in northern Sanaa.

The group said the attack had caused…

Turkish troops could be used to guard a safe zone in Syria near the Turkish border to host refugees fleeing the IS militants if an international agreement to establish such a zone is reached, the…

An Indian court has sentenced the chief minister of the southern state of Tamil Nadu to four years in prison for corruption in a case that was filed 18 years ago. J Jayalalithaa had been…

A police officer was shot in the arm in Ferguson, Missouri, where the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teen and a heavy police response triggered riots and national outrage. Ferguson has seen…

Russia used its annual appearance at the UN General Assembly on Saturday to accuse the United States and its Western allies of bossing the world around, complaining they were attempting to…

German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble is working on closing a tax loophole whereby German firms use so-called “patent box” tax breaks available abroad on profits generated from patented…