Geneva--Solar Impulse 2 has broken a distance record for solar-powered planes as part of its bid to be the first to circumnavigate the...
Geneva--Solar Impulse 2 has broken a distance record for solar-powered planes as part of its bid to be the first to circumnavigate the...
Baghdad--The Islamic State jihadist group launched a coordinated attack on government-held areas of the western Iraqi city of Ramadi on Wednesday, involving seven...
NATO head Jens Stoltenberg Mons--NATO head Jens Stoltenberg said Wednesday he was "disappointed" by Russia's decision to quit the landmark Treaty on Conventional...
Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallstroem Stockholm--Saudi Arabia has recalled its Stockholm ambassador, the Swedish foreign ministry said Wednesday as the rift between the...
German Chancellor Angela Merkel Berlin--German Chancellor Angela Merkel won't attend a May 9 Victory Day parade in Moscow but will visit the Russian...
Peter Hans Naumann Denpasar--A German man was Wednesday jailed for 15 years for trying to smuggle cocaine into Bali, the latest example of...
Washington--Seven US Marines and four aircrew were missing Wednesday after an army helicopter crashed during a training exercise in Florida, the military said....
South Korean Deputy Foreign Minister Lee Kyung-Soo Seoul--Senior diplomats from South Korea, China and Japan met in Seoul on Wednesday to address mutual...
Mons--NATO demanded Wednesday that the OSCE be given full access to verify the withdrawal of heavy weapons in eastern Ukraine and called again...
Tikrit--Iraqi forces entered a northern neighbourhood of Tikrit Wednesday, marking a new stage in the operation launched 10 days ago to wrest the...
Alenka Bratusek Ljubljana--Slovenian police on Wednesday raided the home and offices of former prime minister Alenka Bratusek over abuse of power allegations, authorities...
Paris--France will maintain its deployment of 10,000 troops that have been patrolling across the country in the wake of January's jihadist attacks, the...
Tokyo--A Japanese tourism agency said Wednesday its website was hijacked by hackers who displayed a message purportedly from the Islamic State (IS) group,...
opposition leader Isaac Herzog Jerusalem--Six days before Israel votes in a snap general election, the centre-left Zionist Union opened a lead of several...
Seoul---A flight attendant targeted by a former Korean Air vice president during a now infamous "nut rage" tantrum has filed a civil lawsuit...
Sydney---Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott faced a wave of criticism Wednesday, including that he was unfit to be leader, after describing living in...
Dhaka---The widow of an American atheist blogger who was murdered in Bangladesh last month accused police Wednesday of standing idle while he was...
