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Turkey detained the main opposition leader’s lawyer on Friday for alleged links to the network accused of carrying out last year’s failed coup, in a widening government crackdown.

North Korea fired a second missile over Japan far out into the Pacific Ocean on Friday, South Korean and Japanese officials said, deepening tension after Pyongyang’s recent test of its sixth and…

Qatar’s emir met German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday on his first trip abroad since a diplomatic crisis erupted between the tiny Persian Gulf nation and its neighbors, and the German…

The UN has been hit by a new set of accusations that it mishandled allegations of sexual misconduct against peacekeepers in Central African Republic.

French President Emmanuel Macron will unveil more detailed proposals for reforms to the euro zone on Sept. 26, two days after Germany’s federal election, a French diplomatic source said on…

A leading rights group says Israeli banks are contributing to the expansion of Jewish settlements in the West Bank by providing loans and mortgages for construction there.

Saudi Arabia has insisted the time is not right for an independent international inquiry into the war in Yemen, despite growing evidence of human rights violations caused by the US-backed Saudi…

A suicide bombing killed a policeman and two civilians outside a cricket stadium in the Afghan capital of Kabul on Wednesday afternoon. The blast reportedly took place while a game was being…

Israel supports the establishment of a Kurdish state, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday, as Kurds in Iraq gear up for a referendum on independence that lawmakers in Baghdad…

Diplomats from Qatar and the four states blockading the Persian Gulf nation have exchanged heated words at an Arab League meeting in Cairo where a Qatari diplomat said “dogs” backed by “some…

President Tayyip Erdogan dismissed on Wednesday western concern over Turkey’s deal to procure an S-400 air defense system from Russia and said the NATO member will continue to take its own…

International divisions emerged on Tuesday ahead of a UN Security Council meeting on a worsening refugee crisis in Myanmar, with China voicing support for a military crackdown that has been…

Russia’s military said Tuesday that Syrian troops have liberated about 85% of the war-torn country’s territory from militants, a major turn-around two years after Moscow intervened to lend a…

The European Parliament is expected to submit a resolution to the European Union requesting to impose an embargo on exporting arms to Saudi Arabia over concerns that Riyadh might have delivered…

US President Donald Trump will visit China in November, a person familiar with his plans said, as tensions flare on the Korean peninsula due to Pyongyang’s nuclear and missile tests.

Hundreds of demonstrators rallied near the Afghan capital on Tuesday to denounce a propaganda leaflet drop by US forces last week that caused widespread offense and forced American commanders to…

Turkey is set to buy Russian-owned missile defense systems, marking the NATO member’s first major weapons purchase from Russia.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced on…

Iraq’s Parliament voted on Tuesday to reject an Iraqi Kurdish independence referendum planned for Sept. 25, authorizing the prime minister to take all measures to preserve Iraq’s unity, a…

Norway’s Conservative Prime Minister Erna Solberg appears set for a second term after claiming victory in the country’s general election. Solberg’s ruling coalition with the Progress Party is…

The UN Security Council on Monday unanimously approved new sanctions on North Korea but not the toughest-ever measures sought by the Trump administration to ban all oil imports and freeze…

The self-styled Islamic State militants ambushed a police convoy in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula on Monday, killing 18 police and wounding seven others in one of the deadliest attacks this year in…

Washington’s military presence in Syria violates the international law, but this possibility for fighting terrorism should be used, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Monday after…

One in six female Israeli soldiers said they had been sexually harassed during their military service in 2016, although actual figures could be much higher, according to a report released by the…

Pope Francis sustained minor injuries today after hitting his head against the vehicle in which he was traveling in Cartagena, Colombia.

A spokesman for the pope confirmed the injuries,…

Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon in an interview broadcast Sunday said Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) told US President Donald Trump to end his talk of draining…