International

German investigators were puzzled Sunday morning by the motives of a man who drove a van into a crowd at an open-air restaurant the day before, killing two people before shooting himself.

Brazil’s former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has handed himself over to police to begin a 12-year prison sentence for corruption, according to local media.

The 72-year-old left on…

A raging fire that tore through a 50th-floor apartment at Trump Tower killed a man inside and sent flames and thick, black smoke pouring from windows of the president’s namesake skyscraper. New…

Ousted Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont will embark on a European campaign to promote independence after being freed from jail by a German court despite an extradition request from Spain.

The Syrian government said it would start negotiations on Sunday with the rebel group Jaish al-Islam.

Japan signed a grant and loan agreement with Cambodia on Sunday totaling over $90 million, despite concerns from the international community over Prime Minister Hun Sen’s crackdown on government…

The White House said Friday President Donald Trump would host the United Arab Emirates' Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, but did not specify a date.

The news comes after…

Japan on Saturday activated its first marine unit since World War Two trained to counter invaders occupying Japanese islands along the edge of the East China Sea that Tokyo fears are vulnerable…

Attacks on refugee shelters in Germany have decreased significantly this year. However, politically motivated attacks remain far more common than before Germany opened its borders to hundreds of…

The UN special rapporteur on the right to freedom of opinion and expression on Saturday called on the Spanish authorities to refrain from charging Catalan politicians and activists advocating…

A proposal to dig a canal along the length of the Saudi-Qatari border has emerged, in the latest surprising twist in the ongoing diplomatic and economic standoff between the two countries.

A Palestinian journalist shot by Israeli forces during a mass demonstration along the Gaza border has died of his wounds.

Yaser Murtaja, a photographer with the Gaza-based Ain Media…

The Texas National Guard has begun deploying troops to help secure the state’s southern border with Mexico as President Donald Trump has been unable to get the US Congress or Mexico to fully…

The United States struck President Vladimir Putin’s inner circle Friday, imposing sanctions on seven of Russia’s most influential oligarchs and stoking a diplomatic crisis some have dubbed a new…

Israeli forces shot and wounded at least 40 Palestinian protesters on Friday, Palestinian medics said, as thousands converged on Gaza’s border with Israel to launch a second week of…

South Korea's disgraced former president Park Geun-hye was jailed for 24 years on Friday for corruption, closing out a dramatic fall from grace for the country's first woman leader who became a…

Cameroon’s army has freed 18 hostages, including seven Swiss and five Italian tourists, who were kidnapped by English-speaking separatists in the restive southwest region, the government…

US President Donald Trump has said that Saudi Arabia might have to pay if it wants continuing US presence in Syria.

Iraqi President Fuad Masum has stressed that both Baghdad and Erbil are now on good terms following a few months of conflict over a referendum Kurdistan Region held last September for…

Russia and Britain faced off Wednesday trading accusations at a tense meeting of the world’s chemical weapons watchdog, as Moscow accused British and US secret services of being behind the…

Growing protests at French universities on Wednesday added to pressure on President Emmanuel Macron over his sweeping reform agenda, as rail workers pressed on with rolling strikes that are…

A Dutch lawyer was sentenced to 30 days in prison and fined $20,000 (€16,300) on Tuesday after being found guilty of lying to US special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigators about contacts…

The number of Salafists in Germany has increased twofold since 2013, the German daily Der Tagesspiegel reported on Tuesday, surpassing December’s “all-time high.”

The number of…

The crown prince and de facto leader of Saudi Arabia said Israel has a “right” to a homeland, a notable shift in the kingdom’s position published Monday.

Saudi Arabia and Israel still…

Beijing has sent a delegation to Russia to show Washington the unity of Russian and Chinese military forces and “support” Russia at the 7th Moscow Conference on International Security.