International

The European Union urged Myanmar’s government on Monday to allow full humanitarian access and end violence in Myanmar’s restive Rakhine State where over 600,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled to…

Italy’s anti-establishment 5-Star Movement pummeled a center-right coalition to govern Ostia, one of Rome’s largest neighborhoods, in a run-off vote that confirms the 5-Star’s strength months…

At least 15 people have been killed and five others injured in a crush as food aid was being handed out in western Morocco. The country’s interior ministry said a stampede occurred in the…

Chancellor Angela Merkel was left scrambling to drag Germany out of crisis Monday after high-stakes talks to form a new government collapsed, potentially forcing Europe’s top economy into snap…

Kenya’s Supreme Court has unanimously upheld President Uhuru Kenyatta’s election victory in a rerun vote that was held in October.

Opposition candidate Raila Odinga had said the results…

Iraq’s Supreme Federal Court on Monday ruled that the Kurdish independence referendum held on 25 September was unconstitutional and that voting results were void, a court spokesman said.

The White House says the true cost of the opioid drug epidemic in 2015 was $504 billion, or roughly half a trillion dollars.

Germany’s would-be coalition partners appeared to be stalled over the thorny issue of immigration policy on Sunday despite inching closer to agreement on other major sticking points including…

The Palestinians threatened on Saturday to suspend all communication with the United States if the Trump administration follows through with plans to close their diplomatic office in Washington…

Lebanon’s Prime Minister Saad Hariri said he will return home in the coming days from where he will declare a political stance for the first time since making a strange resignation announcement…

Argentina’s Navy detected seven brief satellite calls Saturday that officials believe may have come from a submarine with 44 crew members that hadn’t been heard from in three days.

A court in Alexandria has ordered the detention of leading rights activist Mahienour el-Massry over charges of illegally protesting in June against the Egyptian government’s decision to transfer…

The foreign ministers of Germany, Sweden and Japan have visited a Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh. German representative, Sigmar Gabriel, says it is necessary that refugees go back to…

The winds of war in the Middle East, specifically Saudi Arabia against Iran, are turning into a full-blown sandstorm. And the latest evidence of this comes from a surprising source: An interview…

The Syrian army and its allies took complete control over Albu Kamal, the self-styled Islamic State’s last significant town in Syria, a military news service run by Hezbollah said on Sunday.…

United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres has urged the Saudi authorities to lift the blockade imposed on Yemen and to reopen the country’s sea, air and ground ports immediately.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday that Turkey needed to clear the Afrin region of northwest Syria of Kurdish YPG militia fighters, who have been in the forefront of the battle there…

Following an unsuccessful round of negotiations between Germany’s major political parties, Chancellor Angela Merkel still hopes to lead a coalition and avoid a fresh round of elections.

China said on Thursday a “dual suspension” proposal to handle North Korea was still the best option, after US President Donald Trump said he and Chinese President Xi Jinping had rejected a “…

Iraqi forces retook on Friday the last town in the country that was held by the self-styled Islamic State terrorist group, more than three years after the militants stormed nearly a third of…

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe attended a university graduation ceremony Friday, making a defiant first public appearance since the military takeover that appeared to signal the end of his…

Saudi authorities are striking agreements with some of those detained in an anti-corruption crackdown, asking them to hand over assets and cash in return for their freedom, sources familiar with…

Former US president George H.W. Bush is facing new allegations from a Michigan woman who said he touched her inappropriately while he was in office at an event in April 1992.

Lebanon’s president on Wednesday accused Saudi Arabia of holding hostage prime minister Saad al-Hariri along with his family —the first time he has explicitly said he was being held— and called…

Leading figures in the Catholic Church and international politics have advised Pope Francis not to use the term Rohingya during a trip to Myanmar due to political sensitivities but human rights…