Sydney---Australia's detention of 157 asylum-seekers at sea for weeks in June was legal, the nation's High Court found Wednesday in a win for...
Sydney---Australia's detention of 157 asylum-seekers at sea for weeks in June was legal, the nation's High Court found Wednesday in a win for...
Jerusalem---Israel carried out overnight raids against Syrian army targets, the military said Wednesday, saying Damascus was responsible for rocket fire that hit the...
Tokyo---A 19-year-old college girl murdered an elderly woman with an axe and a scarf because she "just wanted to kill someone" news reports...
India's Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj New Delhi---India's foreign minister will travel to China this weekend, New Delhi said on Wednesday, a day after...
Athens---Greece's new radical left-led government prepared to meet Wednesday for the first time to hammer out a strategy for renegotiating the country's giant...
Admiral John Kirby Washington---US officials are holding discussions with representatives of the Shiite militia in Yemen who have forced the resignation of the...
Washington---US security company Crucible confirmed that one of its employees, David Berry, was the American killed on Tuesday in a militant attack on...
Assistant Secretary Victoria Nuland Washington---NATO allies must stay the course in Ukraine, the top US diplomat for Europe insisted Tuesday, calling for alliance...
Iran Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian Tehran---Iran has told the United States that Israel should expect consequences for an attack on the Syrian-controlled...
Tripoli---Gunmen stormed a luxury Tripoli hotel popular with diplomats and officials Tuesday in an attack claimed by the Islamic State group, killing at...
Jerusalem---At least two rockets fired from Syria hit the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights on Tuesday prompting Israeli forces to return fire, the army said....
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe Tokyo---Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Wednesday slammed as "utterly despicable" an Islamist militant threat to kill a Japanese hostage...
Fidel Castro Washington---The United States welcomed Tuesday former Cuban leader Fidel Castro's belated response to the thaw in ties between the Cold War...
Washington---The US state of Georgia executed a double killer Tuesday whose lawyers said he was intellectually disabled, after last-minute pleas for his life...
Billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates Berlin---Billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates says the world must use the lessons from battling Ebola to prepare for any future...
Lunel, France---For insight into why France is increasingly worried about large sections of its society becoming fertile turf for jihadist recruiters, the southern...
Kim Jong-Un Seoul---Russia has confirmed that a North Korean leader will attend a World War II anniversary in Moscow in May, but did...
Hanoi---Four people were killed Wednesday when a Vietnamese military helicopter crashed minutes after it set off from southern Ho Chi Minh City, an...