Sri Lanka's president Mahinda Rajapakse COLOMBO--Sri Lanka's president, under pressure from his main opponent in upcoming elections, on Tuesday promised a judicial inquiry...
Sri Lanka's president Mahinda Rajapakse COLOMBO--Sri Lanka's president, under pressure from his main opponent in upcoming elections, on Tuesday promised a judicial inquiry...
PARIS--French doctors went on strike Tuesday in protest at an upcoming health bill, prompting fears that hospitals already bracing for a busy Christmas...
SUAO-- Taiwan on Tuesday launched its largest ever missile ship Tuesday as the island strives to modernise its armed forces in response to...
BEIRUT-- US-led air strikes in Syria have killed more than 1,000 jihadists in the past three months, nearly all of them from the...
Kiev KIEV--Ukraine took a historic step toward NATO on Tuesday in a parliamentary vote certain to stoke Russia's anger ahead of talks on...
MOSCOW--President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday oversaw the successful test-launch of Russia's newest heavy-class Angara rocket, a rare piece of good news in a...
Greece's parliament ATHENS-- Greek MPs failed on Tuesday to elect a president in a second vote in parliament, bringing an early general election,...
BERLIN--A powerful German business leader slammed a growing anti-Islam movement in the country Tuesday, saying Europe's top economy needed more immigration to remain...
KANO--An explosion at the main market in northeast Nigeria's Bauchi city killed seven people and injured 25 others in an area repeatedly attacked...
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi SRINAGAR-- Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist party made significant election gains in the restive Muslim-majority state...
Tunisia's new leader Beji Caid Esssebsi TUNIS-- Tunisia's new leader Beji Caid Essebsi says the country has turned the page on dictatorship after...
Ukrainian President KIEV---Ukrainian President said Monday a fresh round of peace talks with pro-Russian rebels would take place this week following an international...
NEW DELHI--Congress president Sonia Gandhi was today discharged from a hospital here after recovering from a respiratory tract infection. "Her condition at the...
Syria GENEVA---Damascus has agreed to allow deliveries of desperately needed medical supplies to opposition-held parts of Aleppo and two other hard-to-reach areas, the...
BAGHDAD-- The Islamic State jihadist group has abducted women and children from Iraq's Yazidi minority, distributed them as spoils of war and forced...
Viktor Orban BUDAPEST---With three election victories in less than a year under his belt, along with a rosy economic outlook, a weak opposition...
BEIRUT---Nearly 300 cultural heritage sites have been destroyed, damaged and looted in Syria since its conflict broke out in 2011, the UN said...
Manuel Valls PARIS---French Prime Minister Manuel Valls called Tuesday for "vigilance" after the country was hit by three bizarre attacks in quick succession,...
