French investigators believe the man who launched a machete attack outside the Louvre in Paris, before being shot and wounded by a soldier, is a 29-year-old Egyptian who entered the country on a tourist visa.

A US federal judge on Friday ordered a temporary, nationwide halt to President Donald Trump's ban on travelers from seven Muslim-majority countries, in the most severe legal blow to the controversial measure.

It’s official. A new world order, aka, the Trump Order, has been set in motion.

Colombia's ELN guerrillas have freed a hostage and the government released two rebel prisoners in exchange, clearing the way for peace talks to begin next week.

Any nuclear attack in Korea Peninsula would trigger an "effective and overwhelming" response, US Defense Secretary James Mattis said in Seoul on Friday as he sought to reassure Washington's Asian allies following President Donald Trump's inauguration.

Embattled French presidential hopeful Francois Fillon has warned of a plot to "steal" his voters as a scandal over payments to his wife rumbled on, fuelled by new footage from an interview.

More than 1,750 migrants have been rescued in the Mediterranean within 24 hours, Italy's coast guard said on Thursday, as EU leaders prepared for a summit on stemming the flow of boats from North Africa to Europe.

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull was on Thursday accused of "buying" his narrow election victory last year after he admitted personally gifting A$1.75 million (US$1.32 million) to the cash-strapped Liberal Party campaign.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel visits Turkey on Thursday for the first time since the failed July coup, seeking to keep a key partnership alive after a series of crises.