A South African court has ruled that the government plans to increase the country’s reliance on nuclear power with help…

The toll in Turkish air raids on Kurdish positions in northeastern Syria rose to 28 killed, a monitor said today,…

Trade tensions spiked between Washington and Ottawa as President Donald Trump accused Canada of being “very rough” on its southern…

Israel appointed its first female judge in its Muslim sharia court system today, officials said, a move hailed as historic.

The United States rekindled an old trade conflict with Canada when it has announced that it was slapping new tariffs…

Dozens of suspected Brazilian gangsters blasted into a secure vault containing millions of dollars in southeastern Paraguay, leaving a policeman…

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will visit Russia this week for a meeting with President Vladimir Putin, the Kremlin and…

Nuclear-armed North Korea today marked a military anniversary with a massive conventional firing drill, Seoul said, as a US guided-missile…

Iran and major powers were set to review adherence to their 2015 nuclear agreement today, as uncertainty grows about the…

The US Senate has easily confirmed Sonny Perdue, the son of a farmer, as the next secretary of agriculture, filling…

French President Francois Hollande today urged voters to reject far-right leader Marine Le Pen in next month’s presidential runoff against…

Former US president Barack Obama returned to the public spotlight today, saying he hopes to spend the next phase of…

Israeli President Reuven Rivlin today accused French far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen of a new, dangerous form of Holocaust…

The Kremlin today said it respected the result of the first round of the French presidential election, and denied favouring…

He arrived as embattled Afghan security forces faced chaos with the resignations of defence minister Abdullah Habibi and army chief…