International

As the curtain came down on France’s National Front congress in Lille, Marine Le Pen was re-elected unopposed as leader and proposed a rebrand.

The far-right party has moved to change…

At least 17 Saudi detainees were subjected to physical abuse during what was termed an anti-corruption campaign that saw the arrest of hundreds of prominent businessmen and princes in November,…

Myanmar is building security installations on top of razed Rohingya villages, Amnesty International said on Monday, casting doubt on plans to repatriate hundreds of thousands of refugees.

A Turkish private jet en route from Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates to Istanbul with at least 11 people on board crashed Sunday night near Shahr-e Kord City in central Iran.

US President Donald Trump said on Saturday his planned meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un could fizzle without an agreement or it could result in “the greatest deal for the world” to…

At least 44 militants associated with the self-styled Islamic State terrorist group were killed and 26 more were wounded when Philippine soldiers shelled positions held by the rebels in southern…

Cuba voted for a new National Assembly on Sunday, a key step in a process leading to the election of a new president, the first in nearly 60 years from outside the Castro family.

The new…

Turkey’s leader has scorched NATO allies over their failure to support his “counter-terrorist” operation in the Kurdish-held Syrian region of Afrin, but expressed gratitude that they at least…

Colombians went to the polls on Sunday to elect a new Congress with a resurgent right, bitterly opposed to a peace deal that allows leftist former rebels to participate, expected to poll…

A mosque in Berlin has been set on fire by masked assailants in the early hours of Sunday morning.   “Witnesses told us that three assailants with covered faces threw burning material…

China's largely ceremonial parliament on Sunday overwhelmingly endorsed a controversial change to the country's constitution, paving the way for President Xi Jinping to stay in power…

Dozens of Italians have been queuing at tax offices to claim money promised by the anti-establishment Five Star Movement in the weekend election—even though the party is not yet in power.

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has issued a decree formalizing the inclusion of paramilitary groups in the country’s security forces.

Syrian government forces on Saturday cut off the largest town in Eastern Ghouta from the rest of the opposition enclave in a blow to rebels defending their last bastion near Damascus.

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Qatar has informed the United Nations Security Council of yet more airspace violations committed by aircraft of the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, the third such violation in four months.…

Catalonia has postponed until further notice the election of a new regional president after Spain’s Supreme Court ruled that candidate Jordi Sanchez would not be allowed to leave jail to attend…

Politicians from the UK's main opposition party have called for an end to arms sales to Saudi Arabia, calling the sale of 48 Eurofighter Typhoon jets to the kingdom a "national disgrace".

US President Donald Trump believes he is capable of reaching a deal with North Korea that will be a “very good one for the world,” he said, after agreeing to talks with Pyongyang following Kim…

Turkey’s military and its rebel allies have besieged the northern Syrian town of Afrin and were nearing its town centre, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday, in what would mark a major…

As many as 18 Afghan soldiers and members of the special forces have been killed in fighting in the western province of Farah, local officials said on Saturday.

Taliban fighters attacked…

Britain’s opposition Labour Party leader has called on his country’s prime minister to use the visit of Saudi Arabia’s crown prince to London for a protest against kingdom’s war in Yemen.

US President Donald Trump once presided over a reality show in which a key cast member exited each week. The same thing seems to be happening in his White House.

Police fired teargas to disperse rioters in curfew-bound central Sri Lanka hours after a state of emergency was imposed in a bid to quell anti-Muslim violence, an official said on Wednesday. At…

South Korean President Moon Jae-in sounded a note of caution on Wednesday over the North’s offer of denuclearization talks, saying it was “too early to be optimistic”, even as US leader Donald…

Chancellor Angela Merkel’s cabinet approved plans on Wednesday to expand Germany’s military missions abroad, including in Afghanistan, Mali and Iraq, government sources said.

The defense…