International

South Korean President Moon Jae-in said on Wednesday that he would be willing to meet with the North’s leader Kim Jong Un, a day after delegations from the two sides met for the first time in…

Middle-class Afghans turned extremists have assisted the self-styled Islamic State terrorist group’s expansion from its stronghold in Afghanistan’s restive east to Kabul, analysts say, helping…

A Saudi prince was removed from his post after he released an audio recording that contradicted the Saudi authorities’ version of the arrest of 11 princes in Riyadh last week, reports said.

A US judge in San Francisco temporarily barred President Donald Trump’s administration on Tuesday from ending a program shielding young people brought to the United States illegally by their…

North and South Korea on Tuesday agreed on negotiations to resolve problems and military talks aimed at averting accidental conflict, after their first official dialogue in more than two years,…

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has said troops are still following the remnants of the self-styled Islamic State terrorist group, adding that his country will achieve prosperity like it…

Special Counsel Robert Mueller has approached President Donald Trump for an interview about alleged Russian election meddling, US media reported Monday. While the president has voiced his…

Tunisia’s main opposition party has called for continued protests against “unjust” government austerity measures, a day after widespread demonstrations left one person dead and several others…

Israel launched several missiles targeting military outposts near the Syrian capital, the Syrian military said on Tuesday.

An Israeli projectile was shot down by the Syrian air force…

Silvio Berlusconi said on Tuesday that Italy must not leave the euro but his main coalition partner immediately disagreed, underlining policy differences in the center-right bloc which is…

Paramilitary troops repelled on Sunday an attack by the self-styled Islamic State terrorist group on a border area between Iraq and Syria, a source with the Popular Mobilization Forces was…

South Korea will seek discussions on resuming reunions of separated families at this week’s inter-Korean talks, Seoul’s top delegate said on Monday, as the North trumpeted the importance of…

Pope Francis, in his annual “state of the world” address called on Monday for all nations to work for a legally binding ban on nuclear weapons and urged all nations to support dialogue to ease…

The Syrian army has reclaimed a military site on the outskirts of the country’s capital Damascus from rebel forces, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR).

Turkey’s nationalist opposition said on Monday it would back President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the 2019 election, signaling continued right-wing support crucial to his narrow victory in a…

Amid speculations of a faceoff between Chinese and Indian troops at Arunachal Pradesh following an alleged incursion last week by a Chinese road building team, India’s Army Chief says the two…

Yemen’s Houthi fighters managed to down a Saudi warplane over the Yemeni capital of Sanaa, local media reported on Monday.

The Houthis shot down the F-15 fighter with a ground-to-air…

The Palestinian Authority is trying to upgrade its status at the United Nations from observer state to full state member, a Palestinian official said on Sunday.

An Egyptian intelligence officer attempted to shape public opinion in the wake of US President Donald Trumps’ controversial decision to recognize Beit-ul-Moqaddas as the capital of Israel,…

Chancellor Angela Merkel voiced optimism as she opened talks Sunday with Germany’s second biggest party on renewing their alliance, in a new attempt at shaking Europe’s biggest economy out of…

Syrian troops supported by allied forces liberated the townof Sinjar southeast of Idlib Province from the militants of the Jabhat Fatah al-Sham (formerly known as Nusra Front) terrorist group, a…

Gunmen ordered youths to lie on the ground deep in the forest of Casamance before summarily executing 13 of them, a survivor said on Sunday following the first upsurge in violence in the…

A stand-off between Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and Atta Mohammad Noor, the powerful provincial governor he is trying to remove from his northern stronghold, is increasingly turning into a…

A prominent Muslim scholar has been detained by Saudi Arabia for the past four months without charge, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said.

Saudi authorities detained Salman al-Awda on…

British Prime Minister Theresa May said on Sunday she would announce changes to her ministerial team soon, with media reports saying her foreign, finance, interior and Brexit ministers would…