DONETSK, UKRAINE--Ukraine rushed tanks to the front lines in a counter-offensive against pro-Russian rebels fighting for control of Donetsk airport, with heavy shelling...
DONETSK, UKRAINE--Ukraine rushed tanks to the front lines in a counter-offensive against pro-Russian rebels fighting for control of Donetsk airport, with heavy shelling...
CAIRO--Egypt is to reopen the Rafah crossing with Gaza for three days starting Tuesday, for the third time since it was shut in...
Indonesia's President Joko Widodo Jakarta--Brazil and the Netherlands recalled their ambassadors from Indonesia and expressed fury Sunday after Jakarta defied their pleas and...
Manila--Six million people turned out to see Pope Francis celebrate mass in the Philippine capital Sunday, the head of Manila's planning agency told...
Seoul--A North Korean gulag survivor whose torture and daring escape were detailed in a best-selling book has admitted that parts of his story...
JERUSALEM-- Israel is lobbying member-states of the International Criminal Court to cut funding for the tribunal in response to its launch of an...
BEIRUT-- The Syrian wing of al Qaeda, the Nusra Front, said it shot down an army cargo plane filled with food and ammunition...
Niamey--Police in Niger fired teargas Sunday to disperse a banned opposition demonstration in the capital Niamey, a day after deadly riots erupted over...
Sydney--Asylum-seekers in a detention centre in Papua New Guinea said Sunday that Canberra was holding them "hostage" in an effort to deter others...
Mangala Samaraweera New Delhi--Sri Lanka's new foreign minister Mangala Samaraweera met his Indian counterpart in New Delhi Sunday during a visit to improve...
Filipe Nyusi Maputo--Mozambique's opposition Renamo party has reacted angrily to the make-up of the government appointed by new President Filipe Nyusi, saying it...
Brussels--The arrests of at least four people by Greek anti-terrorism police are not linked to a probe into a jihadist cell broken up...
Zelda la Grange Cape Town--Nelson Mandela's former personal assistant, Zelda la Grange, has apologised after sparking an online race row with comments that...
Cherif Kouachi Nanterre--Cherif Kouachi, one of the two brothers who killed 12 people in an attack on France's Charlie Hebdo magazine, has been...
Mohammad Yaqub Haidari Kabul--Afghanistan has launched an investigation after it emerged that President Ashraf Ghani's nominee for agriculture minister was wanted for tax...
Katsuya Okada Tokyo--Japan's battle-scarred main opposition party on Sunday chose Katsuya Okada as its new leader as it tries to recover from a...
Paris--Almost half of French oppose publication of cartoons depicting Islam's Prophet Mohammed, according to a poll Sunday, as global debate deepened on the...
United Nations--The UN Security Council on Saturday welcomed a ceasefire announced by an Islamist-backed militia in Libya and threatened to impose sanctions on...
