International

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said on Saturday he will lead a “cross-sectarian” list in national elections proposed for May, running against former Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, who is…

Brexit campaigner Nigel Farage said on Sunday he was increasingly concerned that a vote for Britain to leave the European Union could be overturned by a powerful group of the bloc’s supporters…

Thousands took to the streets of Tel Aviv to protest corruption following the release of tapes of Benjamin Netanyahu’s son discussing “awesome deals” his father allegedly made for his pal’s gas…

German Chancellor Angela Merkel is considering joining French President Emmanuel Macron at the World Economic Forum in Davos next week in what could turn into an epic clash of competing world…

Czech President Milos Zeman failed to win reelection during the first round of a presidential election Saturday and will face a runoff in two weeks against the former head of the country’s…

Japan's prime minister on Friday landed in Estonia, his first stop on a tour of the Baltic states and other European nations as he seeks to drum up support for his hawkish stance on North Korea…

The Spanish government on Friday warned Catalan separatists against reelecting Carles Puigdemont as regional leader should he remain in self-imposed exile in Brussels.

A UN report on human rights abuses related to foreign intervention in Yemen details the extensive civilian casualties inflicted by the US-backed Saudi-led coalition’s airstrikes.

A second United Arab Emirates military jet has violated Qatar’s airspace, the Persian Gulf state said on Saturday, prompting Doha to send a new complaint to the United Nations.

A fisherman from the Gaza Strip was shot dead by the Egyptian army overnight for unclear reasons, Palestinian officials said on Saturday, calling for an immediate investigation into the incident…

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday that Turkey’s military incursion in northern Syria’s Idlib Province would crush Kurdish militia forces that control the neighboring region of…

Germany’s veteran Chancellor Angela Merkel, often called the world’s most powerful woman, will embark on a fourth term with diminished influence and little vision for shaping Europe’s future,…

US President Donald Trump won’t be paying a visit to London to open his country’s billion-dollar embassy, he tweeted on Thursday.

The trip, which would have been Trump’s first to the UK…

Outrage mounted on Friday over US President Donald Trump's reported description of African nations, Haiti and El Salvador as "shithole" countries, with the United Nations slamming his comments…

Tunisian authorities said on Friday the number of people detained in a wave of violent protests had risen to nearly 800, as fresh unrest over austerity measures hit a provincial town overnight…

Sami Anan, a former chief of staff of Egypt’s armed forces, on Thursday announced his intention to run in the country’s presidential elections due to take place in March.

Amnesty International has reiterated a call for an independent investigation into rights abuses in Myanmar’s Rakhine State after the country’s army admitted its soldiers were involved in the…

Greek police fired teargas at protesters in Athens on Friday after a march of about 20,000 people against reforms parliament is set to approve on Jan. 15 including restrictions on the right to…

Chancellor Angela Merkel struck a deal with Social Democrat (SPD) rivals on Friday to open government coalition talks, easing months of uncertainty that has undermined Germany’s global role and…

Turkish authorities on Friday reinstated more than 1,800 civil servants in an emergency decree after finding they had no links to a group blamed for the 2016 failed coup.

Donald Trump will take his populist message directly to the world's political and business elite later this month, becoming the first US president to attend the World Economic Forum in Davos in…

The recent drone attack on Russian bases in Syria was launched from an area near Idlib, which is controlled by Turkish-backed rebel forces, the Russian military said. Moscow reportedly…

Catalonia’s main separatist parties said on Wednesday they have agreed to reelect Carles Puigdemont as president of the region later this month, although how to make that legally possible is…

The UN has painted a grim picture of the human rights situation in the United Arab Emirates, raising concern over the torture of prisoners, injustice against foreign workers and discrimination…

The Israeli army killed 15 Palestinian children in the besieged Gaza Strip and the occupied West Bank, including Beit-ul-Moqaddas, in the year 2017, Defence for Children International-Palestine…