Brazil’s murder rate rose to 59,080 in 2015, or the equivalent of 161 homicides a day, according to figures released…
A US-led coalition air strike killed 21 civilians as they tried to escape the Islamic State group’s Syrian bastion of…
Emmanuel Macron made a plea for national unity in a speech to thousands of supporters celebrating his win in France’s…
The top career diplomat at the US embassy in China has stepped down, an official told AFP today, amid reports…
British opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn today backed calls for Prime Minister Theresa May to resign for reducing the number of…
China has expressed “firm opposition” to remarks made by US Pentagon chief Jim Mattis during a regional defence summit over…
Gulf states Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and United Arab Emirates, plus Egypt and Yemen announced they were cutting all ties with…
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson today called on Gulf states to stay united and work out their differences after…
Greek and Turkish Cypriot leaders have agreed to resume talks later this month on reunifying the divided island, United Nations…
Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates announced today they were severing diplomatic ties with Qatar, as they…
Russian President Vladimir Putin says he had only a brief and passing acquaintance with former US national security adviser Michael…
Attacks by the Islamic State group in Europe and elsewhere show that Western policies in the Middle East have backfired,…
North Korea today slammed the latest UN sanctions as “mean” and vowed to press ahead with its missile and nuclear…
At least 1,000 people were injured, seven seriously, after a bomb scare triggered a stampede among Juventus fans watching the…
Russian President Vladimir Putin today condemned the “cruelty and cynicism” of the London attack and called for greater joint efforts…
The Portugal superstar’s opener was cancelled out by an astonishing Mario Mandzukic strike, but goals from Casemiro, Ronaldo and Marco…
British Prime Minister Theresa May called the events in London a “potential act of terrorism” after reports of a van…
British police said today they had arrested a new suspect in the May 22 terrorist attack at a pop concert…
