Rome will on Thursday ask the European Union to rotate the ports where migrants rescued at sea disembark, Defense Minister Elisabetta Trenta said, with France and Spain expected to top the list.

US President Donald Trump raised the specter of violence around upcoming midterms on Wednesday, saying he did not want to see "unnecessary" unrest days after he reportedly warned evangelical leaders of violent change if Republicans lose control of Congress.

 Israel on Wednesday renewed its threat to attack Iranian military targets in Syria, after the two Muslim allies signed an accord on security cooperation.

Talks on a major trade pact between ASEAN and six Asia-Pacific countries have reached a critical stage and could be "substantively concluded" soon, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said on Wednesday.

Russia will flex its military muscles and hold the biggest war games since the Cold War era next month, including almost 300,000 troops and 1,000 aircraft, the defence ministry said Tuesday, leading NATO to warn of a "more assertive Russia".

A Texas man on Tuesday began selling digital gun-making blueprints, including for a 3D-printed plastic handgun, despite a judge's order barring the distribution of the material.

Brazilian President Michel Temer signed a decree on Tuesday to send the army to "guarantee law and order" on the border with crisis-hit Venezuela after recent violent clashes

As Washington and Ottawa resumed trade talks on Tuesday, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he would only sign a new trade pact that was good for his country

Hungarian nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban and Italy's hardline Interior Minister Matteo Salvini launched on Tuesday an anti-migration manifesto aiming at next year's European parliament elections, and countering their opposing camp led by