International

UN human rights chief Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein has slammed Israel for its treatment of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. He said its response to recent protests was “wholly disproportionate”.

Ecuador’s President Lenin Moreno is eliminating the extra security for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange provided by his predecessor, Rafael Correa.

Moreno is eliminating all additional…

Malaysian police seized 72 suitcases stuffed with cash and jewels along with scores of designer handbags in raids on luxury properties linked to ex-prime minister Najib Razak on Friday as a…

Malaysian politician Anwar Ibrahim is a free man just one week after his coalition’s shock election win and after more than three years in jail. Still, while it clears the way for him to return…

A US government watchdog said on Tuesday that the Pentagon has provided the wrong number of Afghan government troops earlier this month, exaggerating its decline.

Indonesian police have shot dead four sword-wielding men who attacked a police headquarters in Sumatra, killing one officer, the latest in a spate of militant attacks across the Muslim-majority…

Burundi is gearing up for a landmark referendum on controversial constitutional changes that could potentially allow President Pierre Nkurunziza to stay in office until 2034. On Thursday, voters…

An unexpected series of threats from Pyongyang on Wednesday threatened to nix next month's planned summit in Singapore between US President Donald Trump and North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un and…

At least 45 Palestinians were killed in Gaza and close to 1,700 others wounded as the Israeli army fired live ammunition and tear gas and firebombs at protesters assembled along several points…

An explosion went off in the Afghan capital Kabul, injuring one person, a police spokesman said.

The blast on Monday was caused by an explosive device placed near a park in a residential…

The race to become Iraq's next prime minister appeared wide open on Monday as two outsider alliances looked to be in the lead after the first elections since the defeat of the self-styled…

A stampede on Monday by thousands of poor villagers outside the home of a businessman distributing alms ahead of Ramadan killed at least ten women and injured about 50 people, police in…

About one in ten British civil servants at the European Commission has taken another EU nationality since the Brexit vote, but are nonetheless resigned to scant prospects of future promotion.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Russia on May 21 for an informal summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The summit, which will be held at the summer beach resort of Sochi,…

The man behind a deadly knife attack in central Paris was born in Chechnya and had been on police radar for radicalism, and his parents have been detained for questioning, French authorities…

China's first domestically built aircraft carrier began sea trials on Sunday, a historic step in the country's mission to build a navy capable of rivaling the world's leading maritime powers.

North Korea on Saturday announced that it would dismantle its nuclear test site between May 23 and 25, in a dramatic event that would set up leader Kim Jong-un’s summit with US President Donald…

Catalonia’s parliament has failed to elect a regional president by absolute majority, in its fifth attempt to form a new government in the northern Spanish region.

In Saturday’s vote,…

Vote counting in Iraq’s parliamentary election is under way, with low turnout and polling irregularities marking the first vote since the country declared victory over the self-styled Islamic…

Pakistani authorities have barred a US diplomat, involved in a road accident that killed a motorcyclist in the capital Islamabad, from leaving the country. Two security officials said on…

Suicide bombers suspected to be from a group inspired by the self-styled Islamic State terrorist killed at least 13 people and wounded 40 in coordinated attacks on Christians attending Sunday…

An updated version of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, tailored for eventual crewed missions for NASA, made its debut launch on Friday from Florida's Cape Canaveral carrying a communications…

Up to 400,000 children are at risk of starving to death in the Democratic Republic of Congo unless humanitarian aid efforts are ramped up, the United Nations Children’s Fund has warned.

Iraqis went to the polls on Saturday for the first parliamentary election since declaring victory over the self-styled Islamic State terror group, with the country hoping to shore up a fragile…