German authorities have made another arrest linked to an alleged plot to murder a senior public figure. The man, a soldier, is accused of conspiring with...
Nearly 250 people are feared drowned after two shipwrecks in the central Mediterranean over the weekend. Some 163 people are missing after a boat reportedly sank...
Liberal candidate Moon Jae-in has claimed victory in South Korea’s presidential election. Mr Moon favours greater dialogue with North Korea, in a change to current South...
Marion Maréchal-Le Pen, the niece of defeated far-right French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen, is to quit politics, French media report. Ms Maréchal-Le Pen, 27, who...
Chinese President Xi Jinping has vowed to protect the landmark Paris agreement, which aims to curb climate change and fossil fuel emissions. He made the promise...
US President Donald Trump has approved supplying weapons to Kurdish forces fighting so-called Islamic State (IS) in Syria, the Pentagon says. Kurdish elements of the Syrian...
The Islamic State has released a video purportedly showing the beheading of Evgeny Petrenko, a captured Russian intelligence officer in Syria. The SITE Intelligence Group, which...
Hundreds of Syrian fighters have begun to leave the besieged Damascus suburb of Barzeh as part of an evacuation deal reached with the government, according to...
Israel’s prison service has released a video purportedly showing the leader of a three-week-old hunger strike by Palestinian inmates eating in his cell. The service said...
Emmanuel Macron has vowed to fight “the forces of division that undermine France” after easily winning the run-off election for the French presidency. The centrist candidate,...
Chancellor Angela Merkel’s party won elections in Germany’s northern-most state Sunday, a boost ahead of September national elections that also deals a second consecutive blow to...