North Korea's deputy UN ambassador has warned the UN General Assembly that the crisis on the Korean Peninsula “has reached the touch-and-go point and a nuclear war may break out any moment.”
Kim In-ryong said North Korea is the only country in the world subjected to “such an extreme and direct nuclear threat” by the US, AP reports.
He accused Washington of hatching a “secret...
A firefight is under way after suicide bombers and gunmen launched an attack on a police training centre in southeastern Afghanistan, killing at least 15 people and wounding dozens of others.
A reporter at the scene with the local TOLOnews agency said heavy fighting was ongoing on Tuesday.
"At first a suicide bomber detonated a car filled with explosives near the training centre, making way...
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has declared the city of Marawi "liberated" from militants, even as fighting continues.
The army said it was battling up to 30 militants left in the city, who were holding about 20 hostages.
Marawi has been partly held by fighters linked to so-called Islamic State (IS) since an attack in May.
Troops have been trying to root them out in a conflict that...
Iraqi government forces have taken control of the two largest oilfields near the disputed city of Kirkuk after Kurdish forces left the area.
A string of oilfields - vital to the Kurdish economy - have been seized by Iraqi troops since Monday.
Troops have taken over sites, including Kirkuk city, in the wake of a Kurdish referendum on independence declared illegitimate by the central...
A controversial Russian artist who was granted political asylum in France has been arrested after setting fire to a bank in central Paris, police say.
Petr Pavlensky was held early on Monday as firefighters tackled two blazes on the facade of Banque de France, in Place de la Bastille.
Pavlensky, 33, first gained notoriety by nailing his scrotum to Moscow's Red Square in 2013.
He fled...
A Spanish judge has jailed two key members of the Catalan independence movement.
Jordi Sánchez and Jordi Cuixart, who lead prominent separatist groups, are being held without bail while they are under investigation for sedition.
The men were leading figures in the 1 October independence vote, which the Madrid government regards as illegal.
A protest over the detentions has begun in...
A US-backed alliance of Syrian Kurdish and Arab fighters says it has taken full control of so-called Islamic State's one-time "capital" of Raqqa.
Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) spokesman Talal Sello said the fighting was over after a four-month assault.
Clearing operations were now under way to uncover any jihadist sleeper cells and remove landmines, he added.
A formal declaration of the...
Catalonia's separatist leader Carles Puigdemont on Monday told the central government he wanted to "suspend" initiating steps towards independence for two months to start talks with Madrid.
His comments came as the deadline set by Madrid to clarify his intentions for the Spanish region came to a close.
Puigdemont last week made an ambiguous announcement, saying he accepted the mandate for...
At least 27 people died in a massive wave of wildfires raging in central and northern Portugal on Sunday and Monday in the worst such calamity since a blaze killed 64 people in June, civil protection told a news briefing.
Patricia Gaspar, a civil protection service spokeswoman, told reporters firefighters were still battling 145 fires and 32 of the blazes were considered as serious. At least...
Europe will give fresh backing to the Iran nuclear deal on Monday (Oct 16) after US President Donald Trump threatened to tear it up in a belligerent speech that alarmed allies across the Atlantic.
EU foreign ministers meeting in Luxembourg will add their voices to a chorus of international support for the landmark 2015 accord that saw Teheran abandon its nuclear ambitions in return for the...
