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A UN report has found that 30 children were killed and 51 injured in an Afghan airstrike last month in the northeastern province of Kunduz.

The government said after the strike on April…

At least 18 people have been killed in landslides caused by heavy rains in Rwanda’s Northern and Western provinces, the government said.

The Armenian parliament has elected opposition leader Nikol Pashinyan as the country's new prime minister, after an outpouring of populist anger against the ruling elite in the former Soviet…

Hezbollah and its political allies won just over half the seats in Lebanon’s parliamentary elections, unofficial results showed, boosting an Iranian-backed movement opposed to Israel and…

Seoul and Beijing resumed Monday bilateral defense talks at the working level, during which the two parties discussed the relations between North and South Korea, regional security and a future…

Vicious mudslinging, allegations of voter fraud and sabotage have marred a hard-fought campaign for Malaysian elections on Wednesday, in which scandal-plagued Prime Minister Najib Razak will…

Vladimir Putin has been sworn in for a fourth term as Russian president and pledged to harness the country’s talents to “achieve breakthroughs”. Some 5,000 guests attended the lavish ceremony in…

Turkey will launch new military operations “to clear its borders from terrorists”, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has vowed, as he unveiled his party’s manifesto in advance of next month’s snap…

The US and North Korean leaders are likely to meet in Singapore in mid-June, according to South Korean media reports, as tensions ease on the Korean peninsula following the first inter-Korean…

Pakistan’s Interior Minister Ashan Iqbal was shot and wounded on Sunday by a gunman. It was the most serious act of violence since campaigning began for upcoming elections, expected this summer…

A blast at a voter registration center in Afghanistan's restive east on Sunday killed or wounded at least 30 people, officials said, capping a bloody week in the war-torn country. The bomb had…

Turkey will retaliate if the United States enacts a proposed law that would halt weapons sales to the country, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Sunday.

Lawmakers in the US House…

The road to Malaysia’s May 9 general election is getting thornier for opposition leader Mahathir Mohamad: reportedly officials are cutting out or painting over his image on some billboards and…

The United States Navy is re-establishing its Second Fleet, responsible for the northern Atlantic Ocean, nearly seven years after it was disbanded as the Pentagon puts countering Russia at the…

A magnitude 6.9 earthquake shook Hawaii’s Big Island on Friday, prompting fresh eruptions of a volcano that has been spewing lava near residential areas, forcing hundreds of people to flee.

Israeli troops fired live rounds and tear gas at Palestinians who thronged the Gaza border on Friday as part of a long-running protest, injuring about 1,100 people.

A court in the UK has decided to hear an appeal against a ruling that allows the British government to continue to export arms to Saudi Arabia for use in Yemen.

Two judges of the Court…

US President Donald Trump said Friday that a date and location for his upcoming summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has been set and will be announced soon.

South Africa’s Mineral Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe has said the death toll following seismic events at the Sibanye-Stillwater mine in Driefontein now stands at five. Mantashe described the…

Kilauea volcano erupted and released lava into a residential area in Hawaii on Thursday, leading to mandatory evacuations of nearby homes.

The eruption affected Leilani Estates, a…

Greek authorities say a Turkish cargo ship and a Greek warship have collided in the eastern Aegean Sea, without causing injuries or severe damage. A Greek navy statement says the Turkish-flagged…

Hungary said on Thursday a European Union plan to link the bloc’s funding payouts to respect for the rule of law amounted to “blackmail”, a day after Brussels unveiled its first post-Brexit…

Sending Arab troops to Syria is a possibility that is being discussed by officials from various countries, Egypt’s foreign minister has been quoted by a state newspaper as saying.   …

At least 125 people are now reported to have died in fierce dust storms in northern India, with officials warning of more bad weather to come.

High-speed winds and lightning have…

French President Emmanuel Macron arrived in New Caledonia on Thursday for a visit that precedes a referendum on independence for the Pacific territory. His program has aroused criticism from…