Russian police detain Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny on arrival at airport
Police in Beijing are investigating claims of abuse at a kindergarten operated by Chinese pre-school operator RYB Education Inc, the second high-profile case of alleged child abuse at a Chinese nursery in the last month.
Nepal on Sunday votes in historic elections for new national and provincial assemblies that many hope will bring much-needed stability to the desperately poor country, which has cycled through 10 leaders in the last 11 years.
South Africa is going through the birth pains of a new democracy but is likely to emerge stronger if it builds on its strengths.
Britain's Africa minister Rory Stewart arrived in Zimbabwe on Thursday for wide-ranging talks, ahead of the inauguration of a new president following Robert Mugabe's dramatic departure.
The Saudi-led military coalition fighting Houthi rebels in Yemen said on Wednesday it would allow humanitarian aid access through Yemen’s port of Hodeidah and United Nations flights to the capital Sana'a.
South Africa is going through the birth pains of a new democracy, but is likely to emerge stronger if it builds on its strengths. That’s the view of Deputy Secretary General of the United Nations Amina Mohammed, who will deliver this year’s annual Nelson Mandela Lecture at Cape Town’s International Convention Centre on Saturday. Mohammed […]
With thousands left homeless by hurricanes in Caribbean island farming and fishing communities, international donors have pledged more than$2 billion to support rebuilding efforts.
The capture by Iraqi and Syrian forces of the Islamic State group's last bastions failed to clarify the fate of several foreign hostages thought to have been kidnapped by jihadists.
United Nations war crimes judges will on Wednesday seek to close a chapter in the brutal Balkans conflicts of the 1990s, handing down a historic verdict in the genocide trial of former Bosnian Serbian commander Ratko Mladic.
The collapse of talks on a new German government means that the euro zone's ambitious plans for deeper economic integration could be put on hold, euro zone officials said on Tuesday.
Russian President Vladimir Putin hosted Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad for talks at which the two men agreed that the focus in the Syrian conflict was now switching from military operations to the search for a political solution.
President Donald Trump declared North Korea a state sponsor of terrorism on Monday even as his top diplomat said Washington has not given up hope of a negotiated end to its nuclear standoff with Kim Jong-Un's regime.
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier urged political parties Monday to rethink their positions and find compromises to form a government, hours after coalition talks collapsed and plunged Germany into a crisis. “Building a government has always been a difficult process of give and take, but the mandate to form a government is perhaps the highest mandate […]
An earthquake of magnitude 6.6 struck in the Pacific Ocean 42 miles (67 km) east-northeast of Tadine in New Caledonia’s Loyalty Islands, the U.S. Geological Survey said on Sunday. The quake, whose depth was 12.8 miles, occurred just hours after a 6.4 tremor 46 miles east of the Loyalty Islands.
Prime Minister Saad Hariri said he will return to Lebanon for Wednesday's Independence Day celebrations.
French President Emmanuel Macron and Saad al-Hariri, who announced his resignation as Lebanon’s prime minister while on a visit to Saudi Arabia, stand on the steps of the Elysee Palace in Paris on Saturday. (Reuters) Saad al-Hariri, who resigned as Lebanon’s prime minister this month while in Saudi Arabia, said on Saturday he would clarify […]
Jared Kushner's lawyer failed to give the US Senate Judiciary Committee documents President Donald Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser received about a"Russian backdoor overture and dinner invite," the committee's leaders said on Thursday.
As pollution level climbed to 12 times above the recommended limit this week in India’s capital, government officials said they knew what needed to control the smoky haze was, but nothing would be done, at least in 2017. A major source of the smog at this time of year across northern India, including New Delhi, […]
The heads of three U.N. agencies issued a fresh plea on Thursday for the Saudi-led military coalition to lift its blockade on Yemen, warning that "untold thousands" would die.
A gunman carrying a semi-automatic weapon and two handguns opened fire at multiple locations across a small Northern California community on Tuesday, killing four people before he was slain by police.
The modest Texas church where a gunman massacred more than two dozen worshipers last week reopened as a memorial on Sunday, giving the public its first glimpse of the site where one of the most shocking mass shootings in United States history unfolded. Signs of the rampage that officials said took 26 lives and wounded […]
Close to 100 countries, including South Africa, will attend a two-day United Nations ministerial meeting beginning today in Vancouver, Canada.
Sunday's 7.3-magnitude earthquake struck villages and towns in the mountainous area of Kermanshah province that borders Iraq while many people were at home asleep.
Close to 100 countries, including South Africa, will attend a two-day United Nations ministerial meeting beginning on Tuesday in Vancouver, Canada where improving the gender balance of peacekeeping operations and ending the recruitment of child soldiers will be among the main focal points.
A magnitude 7.3 earthquake hit the region around the border between Iran and Iraq on Sunday, killing at least 145 people state media in the two countries said, as rescuers searched for dozens trapped under rubble.
Donald Trump said on Sunday he backed United States intelligence agencies who concluded that Russia meddled in the 2016 US presidential election, but repeated his trust in the sincerity of Vladimir Putin’s denials and slammed critics of his relationship with the Russian leader. Key former Trump aides are under US investigation for possible collaboration with […]
Pope Francis is blasting “short-sighted human activity” for global warming
The driver, who was arrested immediately afterwards in the city's Blagnac suburb, acted "deliberately" but was not on a list of known extremists, one source said, asking not to be named.
US President Donald Trump praised Chinese leader Xi Jinping as a “highly respected and powerful representative of his people” on Friday as he wrapped up his first state visit to Beijing. Trump showered his host with accolades during two days of meetings during which the US leader sought to convince Xi to do more to […]
Up to 180 million smart phone owners are at risk of having some of their text messages and calls intercepted by hackers because of a simple coding error in at least 685 mobile apps, cyber-security firm Appthority warned on Thursday. Developers mistakenly coded credentials for accessing services provided by Twilio Inc, said Appthority’s director of […]
