A government cash-incentive scheme has helped place almost 90,000 underage Pakistani brick kiln workers into school, officials said today, an…
More than 1,200 people including rebels left two opposition-held districts of Damascus today under an agreement that will bring Syria’s…
Tensions over French president-elect Emmanuel Macron’s bid to redraw France’s political map burst into the open today as a key…
German Chancellor Angela Merkel will host Emmanuel Macron for talks in Berlin on Monday, a day after the new French…
The EU is seeking urgent talks with Washington over a possible US ban on carry-on computers on European flights to…
IMF chief Christine Lagarde today urged eurozone lenders to be “far more specific” in their commitment to a debt-relief package…
Top US intelligence chiefs publicly expressed doubts about the global cyber security firm Kaspersky Labs because of its roots in…
iReagan-era trade attorney Robert Lighthizer was easily confirmed as President Donald Trump’s US trade representative, bringing a tough protectionist approach…
Donald Trump urged Russia and Ukraine to “make peace,” in a tweet accompanied by two photos of the US president…
OPEC said today that oil producers needed to make more joint efforts to match supply and demand in the oil…
The European Union approved visa- free travel for Ukrainians today, fulfilling a key promise to cement ties with Kiev as…
Ride-hailing app Uber may be a pioneer in its field but at heart it is an ordinary taxi company and…
Hubert Minnis emerged as the Bahamas’ next prime minister in general elections that saw incumbent Perry Christie concede defeat.
Chinese leader Xi Jinping and newly-elected South Korean president Moon Jae-In agreed today that denuclearising North Korea is a “common…
A former French soldier, arrested last week near an airbase, proclaimed allegiance to Islamic State group jihadists and admitted he…
Jordan’s air force has shot down an unidentified drone near the border with war-torn Syria, the military said today.
Barclays chief executive Jes Staley today used the bank’s annual general meeting to apologise to shareholders after bypassing rules to…
The right-hand man to South Korea’s new president is a former pro-democracy activist who spent more than three years in…
