Israel’s U.N. ambassador is calling the Security Council’s vote condemning the country’s settlements in Palestinian territory “a victory for terror” and warning that it will not lead to peace.
President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia could loosen restrictions on the use of nuclear weapons in response to a new arms race. Credit Natalia Kolesnikova/Agence France-Presse – Getty Images.
Anis Amri, a 24-year-old Tunisian man suspected of carrying out a deadly attack on a Christmas market in Berlin, was killed by the police in a shootout near Milan on Friday, according to Italian officials.
VALLETTA, Malta – The passengers from a Libyan flight that was hijacked and diverted to Malta left the Mediterranean island Saturday to return home, as authorities prepared to arraign the two hijackers who surrendered.
These harrowing images portray the grim reality of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs. In one of the shocking images a little girl is passed over a coffin containing the body of Alex Hongco.
Theresa May has urged Britain to “unite and move forward” after the Brexit vote in her first Christmas message as PM. In the year that saw the UK vote by 52% to 48% to leave the EU, Mrs May said there was an “historic opportunity” to forge “a bold new …
SEOUL, South Korea – A South Korean special prosecutor on Saturday summoned a jailed friend of impeached President Park Geun-hye, who allegedly exploited her connections with Park to extort money and favors from the country’s largest companies and …
ISTANBUL—Turkey sustained its bloodiest week battling Islamic State in Syria, amid worries here that the country will pay a growing price for its involvement in Middle Eastern conflicts.
UPDATE: POLICE returned to a property in Melbourne’s north where terror raids were carried out yesterday morning. Two police cars blocked off a section of Blackwood Crescent, Campbellfield, due to a police operation.
LONDON – Prince Charles has warned against the rising tide of anti-immigrant populism in remarks broadcast Thursday, proving again just how different he is from his mother, Queen Elizabeth II.
Washington, Dec 24 : The US state of North Carolina can no longer be considered democratic as both its legal framework and voter registration rated poorly, a voting rights group has said.
WASHINGTON – President-elect Donald Trump’s call with Taiwan’s leader was either a well-coordinated warning shot to China or a harmless congratulatory conversation.
There are around 12 million Catholics in China, less than 1 percent of China’s population. It’s a number that’s felt at a weekday morning mass inside Shanghai’s St. Peter’s Church, where a small percentage of pew space is occupied by a few, mostly …
Forget pulling on your favourite Christmas jumper tomorrow – you might be in need of a festive T-shirt instead. For this year’s Christmas Day could be the warmest since records began 160 years ago.
IRBIL, Iraq – The Nativity scene and Christmas tree are in place on the corner of the street. Some of the children proudly wear red Santa Claus hats or show off new toys, mostly plastic guns for small boys.
VIENNA – In an unusual move, Iran and six world powers on Friday released previously restricted documents about their nuclear deal to enforce their view that Tehran is not circumventing limits on its limit of enriched uranium, which could be used to …
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