British Prime Minister Theresa May narrowly won a confidence vote in parliament yesterday, highlighting the weakness of her Conservative Party which lost its majority in a shock general election result earlier this month.

US President Donald Trump's ban on refugees and travellers from six mainly Muslim countries went into effect late yesterday, after Supreme Court decision allowed it to go forward following a five-month battle with rights groups.

The Romanian parliament yesterday approved the Social Democrat government of new Prime Minister Mihai Tudose, despite controversy over its economic plans.

Israel hit a Syrian regime position on Wednesday night after stray mortar fire from the war-torn country struck the occupied Golan Heights, in the third such exchange within a week.

The Czech parliament on Wednesday passed a constitutional amendment that challenges EU gun control rules by allowing legal firearms holders to use them when national security is threatened, including during terrorist attacks.

A tentative deal to cut nearly $600 million from the UN peacekeeping budget was reached on Wednesday, capping weeks of tough negotiations over US demands for a sharp reduction in costs, UN diplomats said.

South Korea's President Moon Jae-In arrived in Washington on Wednesday on his first overseas trip since taking office, for planned talks with his US counterpart Donald Trump.

Once fierce rivals, the leaders of Spain’s two main left-wing parties agreed on Tuesday to attempt to form an alternative to conservative Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy’s minority government.

Rival Cypriot leaders meet on Wednesday to resume efforts to solve one of the world's longest-running political crises in what the island's UN envoy billed as the "best chance" for peace.