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Thousands of demonstrators chanting anti-Nazi slogans in a public rejection of white nationalism upstaged a small group in Boston that planned a “free speech rally” a week after a violent clash…

Syrian President Bashar Assad has blasted the West, rejecting any security cooperation or reopening of embassies in Damascus before those countries cut relations with opposition groups.

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North Korea warned Sunday that the upcoming US-South Korea military exercises are “reckless behavior driving the situation into the uncontrollable phase of a nuclear war.”

Pyongyang also…

Iraqi forces have launched a ground offensive to retake a key area held by the self-styled Islamic State in the northern part of the country, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said.

“You…

Germany’s foreign minister welcomed the release Sunday of a German writer detained in Spain on a Turkish warrant. Turkish-born writer Dogan Akhanli, who has German citizenship, was arrested…

Iraq’s Kurds may consider the possibility of postponing a planned Sept. 25 referendum on independence in return for financial and political concessions from the central government in Baghdad, a…

President Trump’s relationship with Senate Republicans is deteriorating by the day.

Senate Republicans are getting fed up with what they see as Trump’s lack of discipline and chaotic…

Catalonia’s leaders said on Friday that a deadly van attack in their capital, Barcelona, would not affect plans to hold an October referendum in the northeastern region on breaking away from the…

Finnish police said Saturday that after new information on a stabbing spree that left two people dead, it is now considered a terrorist attack, identifying the suspect as an 18-year-old Moroccan…

China is developing a new sea-based intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), the Julang-3 (JL-3), according to local media.

The development of JL-3 missile was initially reported…

The Lebanese army launched an offensive on Saturday against the self-styled Islamic State terror group enclave on the northeast border with Syria as Hezbollah simultaneously announced an assault…

Venezuela’s deposed chief prosecutor and her husband have fled the country after she was dismissed by a controversial new legislative super-body.

Luisa Ortega Diaz and German Ferrer…

A man armed with a knife has injured seven pedestrians in the Russian city of Surgut. Police killed the assailant as he was resisting arrest and are investigating claims he was mentally ill.…

US President Donald Trump has presided over a White House plagued by turnover amid controversy and tumult.

His administration has seen a number of high-profile officials leave their…

Some 500 far-right extremists began a march in Berlin on Saturday in honor of the 30th anniversary of the death of top Nazi Rudolf Hess.

About 500 counter-demonstrators gathered nearby…

The Saudi Arabia-led military coalition was responsible for an “unacceptably high” number of child deaths and injuries in Yemen last year, according to a draft United Nations report.

The…

An advisor to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has said the six-year war is nearly over as foreign states cut backing for rebels, and vowed the government would confront any "illegitimate"…

US President Donald Trump has stepped up his attacks on Republican senators, an approach he may regret if he is someday impeached and the senate has to weigh charges against him stemming from an…

Syria’s army and its allies have encircled a self-styled Islamic State pocket in central Syria after a series of advances in the desert region, state media, a Hezbollah military media unit and a…

The Trump administration is closer to a decision on a new approach for fighting the 16-year-old war in Afghanistan. Ahead of a meeting with President Donald Trump at Camp David, Defense…

Sudden deaths are occurring one after another in Saudi Arabia’s large royal family.

Saudi Prince Bandar bin Fahd bin Saad bin Abdulrahman Al Saud has passed away, the official Saudi…

More than 16 million people have been affected by monsoon flooding across the South Asian countries of India, Nepal, and Bangladesh - putting huge numbers at risk of disease, hunger, and death…

Prime Minister Theresa May has rejected an appeal by survivors of the 9/11 terrorist attacks to publish a report into the role of Saudi Arabia in funding extremism in Britain.

Spanish police shot dead five would-be attackers after confronting them early on Friday in a town south of Barcelona where hours earlier a suspected militant drove a van into crowds, killing 14…

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called Germany’s ruling politicians “enemies of Turkey” who deserve to be rejected by German-Turkish voters.

Germany will hold a general…