An Oklahoma prison inmate who was at the center of a controversy over the death penalty died of a heart attack after...
Kiev did not take any steps towards fulfilling the Geneva agreements set during four-party talks between Russia, Ukraine, the EU, and the...
On Wednesday, Iraqis will head to the polls to elect a parliament amid a level of violence not seen for years. Unlike...
North Korea has begun a live-fire drill near its maritime border with South Korea, one month after a similar exercise triggered the...
Minya, Egypt – Five months ago, 30-year-old Abu Bakr Ismail, a pharmacist and father of two, was arrested and taken to jail....
A Turkish journalist was sentenced Monday to 10 months in prison for a tweet that was critical of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip...
Abdelaziz Bouteflika has been sworn in as Algeria’s President for a fourth term, as opposition parties boycotted the swearing-in ceremony. Sitting in...
Manila – US President Barack Obama has arrived in the Philippines in a visit widely seen as a part of Washington’s “pivot...
New round of Western sanction against Russia will target seven individuals and 17 companies. They are meant to affect Moscow’s stance over...
he UK’s MI5 has decided to beef up its team with more experts on Russia amid the ongoing political crisis in Ukraine....
A US federal judge in New York has ordered Microsoft to turn over their customers’ emails and other digital content to law...
Five members of the NATO-led force in Afghanistan have died in a helicopter crash in the south of the country, officials have...
Saudi Arabian authorities have reported 14 more cases of the deadly MERS virus, bringing the total number of infected people to 313....
The Slavyansk self-defense forces will not immediately release the foreign military observers whom they detained Friday. At the moment the militia considers...
US President Barack Obama and top European leaders are moving ahead on a new round of sanctions against Russia, US officials have...
Anti-government activists in Slavyansk have detained military observers who had been traveling with the OSCE mission. The OSCE dismissed the claim of...
Representatives of Russian TV channels have urged international organizations, including the UN, UNESCO and the OSCE, to protect the rights and dignity...
The Marshall Islands, a small 70-square mile string of islands in the Pacific Ocean with a population in the tens of thousands,...
The first wave of US troops has arrived in Poland to begin military drills “promoting peace and stability†across Eastern Europe. Tensions...
If Kiev authorities have started to use force against the civilian population, this is a serious crime, Russian President Vladimir Putin said....
China has released a Japanese cargo ship after its owners paid $28m to settle a pre-war debt, a court has said. The...
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has demanded the Security Council respond to “flagrant violations of international law”, claiming warring parties in Syria...
At least three foreigners have been killed by a security guard at an international hospital in the Afghan capital, Kabul, Afghan security...
British police will ask Muslim women to help persuade young people not to fight in Syria, in a new campaign to halt...