International

Russia’s far eastern Sakhalin regional government and the Council of Ministers of the Russian Republic of Crimea have concluded an agreement on trade and economic, scientific-technical and…

Kurdish militants in Turkey have issued a new call to arms to defend a border town in northern Syria from advancing Islamic State (IS) fighters, and the Turkish authorities and…

Alex Salmond, the defeated leader of Scotland's nationalists, on Sunday accused Prime Minister David Cameron and other London politicians of tricking Scottish voters out of independence by making…

Yemen's prime minister submitted his resignation to President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi on Sunday amid chaos over reported advances by Houthi fighters on some military buildings and government…

A bomb explosion near the Egyptian foreign ministry in Cairo has killed at least four people, including police and civilians, security officials say.

The blast occurred on a crowded…

Some 50,000 people have been evacuated amid floods in Pakistan. Boats and 19 army helicopters were dispatched to help people in the country’s south escape their waterlogged villages…

As many as 70,000 Syrian Kurds have poured into Turkey since Friday fleeing an offensive by Islamic State (IS) in northeastern Syria, the UN's refugee agency said Sunday.

The…

Russia will not “buy tickets” to the international coalition that is being created by the US to fight the Islamic State, but will continue its aid to Iraq, Syria and other nations that are…

Israeli army bulldozers on Friday staged a limited incursion into the southern Gaza Strip for the third time since a ceasefire between Palestinian resistance groups and Israel. Four bulldozers…

France said on Friday its jets had launched strikes inside Iraq for the first time since the country promised to join military action against Islamic State insurgents who have taken…

Nearly three million Syrian children are not attending school due to the fighting raging in their homeland, an international charity group said Thursday, as the country’s intractable conflict…

Houthi fighters in Yemen shelled the country's state television in Sanaa on Friday and hundreds of residents were fleeing the capital fearing an escalation of violence after weeks of fighting and…

Turkey will refuse to allow a US-led coalition to attack IS militants in neighboring Iraq and Syria from its air bases, nor will it take part in combat operations against…

Heavy rains from a storm and the seasonal monsoon caused widespread flooding Friday in the Philippine capital and nearby provinces, shutting down schools and government offices. Local authorities…

At least 2,630 people have died in the worst outbreak of Ebola virus in history, which has so far infected at least 5,357 people in West Africa, the World Health Organization said on Thursday. In…

President Dilma Rousseff has gained support among Brazilian voters and is almost even with opposition candidate Marina Silva, suggesting the runoff that should decide next month’s presidential…

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange equated Google with the National Security Agency and GCHQ, saying the tech giant has become “a privatized version of the NSA,” as it collects, stores, and indexes…

A series of bomb and mortar shell attacks in and around Baghdad killed at least 36 people, Iraqi officials said Thursday, in an assault that underscored the threat posed to the Iraqi capital by…

Scotland rejected independence in a historic referendum that threatened to rip the United Kingdom apart, sow financial turmoil and diminish Britain’s remaining global clout.

Saudi Arabia's top clerical council, the only body in the country authorized to issue fatwas or religious decrees, declared on Wednesday that "terrorism is a heinous crime" under Sharia, and…

Voters today (Thursday) will choose whether Scotland continues its union with England that has endured more than 300 years or forge into full independence, becoming the 31st country formed since…

The Philippines' most active volcano has sent more huge lava fragments rolling down its slopes in an ongoing gentle eruption that has prompted authorities to evacuate thousands of villagers,…

Support for Islamic State increased after US airstrikes began in Iraq and the militant group may take more hostages to try to force concessions from Washington, the FBI director told…

Voters in Fiji headed to the polls on Wednesday for the first time in eight years, following a decision by the South Pacific island nation’s military junta that the time was right for a transition…

Seven police officers were killed and five wounded when gunmen reportedly from the FARC rebel group ambushed their convoy Tuesday in northwest Colombia, officials said.

Colombia is the…