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Militants killed 235 people at a mosque in Egypt’s north Sinai region on Friday, detonating a bomb and shooting at fleeing worshippers and ambulances, state media and witnesses said.

Pope Francis on Friday excoriated politicians who foment fear of migrants, saying they were sowing violence and racism, and urged them to “practice the virtue of prudence” to help them integrate…

Germany's Social Democrats (SPD) said Friday they were ready to hold talks that may help caretaker Chancellor Angela Merkel resolve a deep political crisis without calling new elections.

Bangladesh and Myanmar have signed a deal for the return of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees, who have taken shelter in the border town of Cox's Bazar after a brutal crackdown by the…

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman must be worried that some of the royals rounded up during his “corruption crackdown” cash grab are holding out on him. Because the Saudi prince has reportedly…

Concerns for the safety of hundreds of refugees have been raised after Papua New Guinea security forces stormed a former detention camp and forcibly removed about 600 men who refused for weeks…

Hezbollah has welcomed Prime Minister Saad Hariri's decision to suspend his resignation pending talks, describing his move as “positive.”

Hezbollah 's parliamentary group said in a…

A 17-year-old Danish girl who offered to fight for the self-styled Islamic State terrorist group was found guilty on Friday of planning bomb attacks at two schools, one of them Jewish, state…

US special counsel Robert Mueller’s team of investigators are looking into White House senior adviser and President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner and his contact with foreign leaders,…

The United Nations envoy for Syria urged disparate Syrian opposition groups at a meeting hosted in the Saudi capital Wednesday to come up with a united front ahead of another round of peace…

Hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims who fled to Bangladesh from violence in Myanmar have been “drained” by the trauma they suffered during the crisis and a struggle to overcome desperate…

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has been meeting with leaders of the Greens and the Free Democrats (FDP) parties to discuss a way forward, following the collapse of German coalition…

Lebanon’s Prime Minister Saad Hariri announced Wednesday he was putting his resignation on hold to make way for more consultations nearly three weeks after he unexpectedly announced he was…

The US State Department has cautioned its citizens “to carefully consider” travelling to Saudi Arabia, citing persisting “terrorist” threats and a spillover of violence from Yemen across the…

Turkish authorities have issued detention warrants for 216 people, including former finance ministry personnel, suspected of having links to last year’s failed coup attempt, the state-run…

UN judges Wednesday sentenced former Bosnian Serbian commander Ratko Mladic to life imprisonment after finding him guilty of genocide and war crimes in the brutal Balkans conflicts over two…

Robert Mugabe resigned as Zimbabwe’s president on Tuesday, shortly after parliament began an impeachment process to end his nearly four decades of rule.

The 93-year old clung on for a…

US President Donald Trump gave a speech this week grading his Asia trip. Not surprisingly, he thought it was a “tremendous success.” “Our great country is respected again in Asia,” he tweeted.…

Members of US Congress said on Tuesday they were disturbed by the harsh response of Myanmar’s security forces to attacks by militants in August which they said bore “all the hallmarks of ethnic…

At least 50 people were killed on Tuesday when a suicide bomber blew himself up in a mosque in northeast Nigeria, police said, in an attack blamed on Boko Haram militants.

The blast…

Lebanon’s army chief urged his soldiers on Tuesday to stand fully ready at the southern border to face the “threats of the Israeli enemy”.

General Joseph Aoun also called on the troops…

China called Tuesday for extra efforts to resolve the North Korean nuclear crisis through talks after US President Donald Trump re-branded Pyongyang as a state sponsor of terrorism.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin hosted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to talk about the need to move from military operations to the search for a political solution to Syria’s conflict, the…

Zimbabwe’s ruling ZANU-PF will discuss the impeachment of President Robert Mugabe on Monday, its chief whip said, after a noon deadline expired for the 93-year-old to resign and bring the…

One in 12 children worldwide live in countries where they face far bleaker prospects than 20 years ago, according to a UNICEF report released Monday to coincide with World Children’s Day.