Britain, France and the United States on Wednesday asked the UN Security Council to impose sanctions on the leader of a Pakistan-based Islamist group that claimed a suicide attack in Kashmir, diplomats said.
Pakistan said on Wednesday it shot down two Indian warplanes in its airspace over disputed Kashmir, in a dramatic escalation of a confrontation that has ignited fears of an all-out conflict between the nuclear-armed neighbours.
Indonesian rescuers scrambled yesterday to find dozens buried in the collapse of an illegal gold mine that killed at least three people, the disaster agency said.
Chicago voters went to the polls on Tuesday to choose a new mayor to tackle rampant gun violence, racial inequality and other pressing social problems in America’s third largest city.
Convicted Australian Cardinal George Pell has shown "no remorse" for his assault of two choirboys, prosecutors said on Wednesday as they called for immediate imprisonment after his historic conviction for child sex crimes.
Australian Cardinal George Pell, one of Pope Francis' closest advisors, has been found guilty of sexually assaulting two choirboys, becoming the most senior Catholic cleric ever convicted of child sex crimes.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, who was the lead negotiator in the 2015 nuclear deal, announced his resignation on Instagram on Monday, which can only take effect once President Hassan Rouhani accepts it.
US President Donald Trump headed toward Hà Nội on Monday (local time) for his second high-stakes summit with the DPRK, with the world watching to see if the US leader can deliver concrete results on curbing the nuclear ambition from Pyongyang.
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Monday that the controversial relocation of a US military base in Okinawa will not be delayed despite a referendum that saw voters reject the move.
The United States is delaying a planned increase of tariffs on more than $200 billion in Chinese exports after both sides hailed "substantial progress" made in trade talks.
Senegal's President Macky Sall won in the first round of the election Sunday, his prime minister said, although his two main challengers look set to contest the outcome.
Donald Trump said Kim Jong Un could soon put North Korea on the fast-track to becoming a major power Sunday as his former rival chugged across China in an armoured train, heading to their highly-anticipated summit in Việt Nam.
European and Arab leaders on Sunday opened their first summit in a bid to bolster cooperation as EU President Donald Tusk said neighbours "should not leave it to powers far from our region", alluding to China and Russia.
The British government said Thursday that Brexit talks with the EU will focus on winning new guarantees to reassure eurosceptic MPs, rather than on demanding the divorce deal be re-opened.
A Japanese probe sent to examine an asteroid 300 million kilometres from the Earth for clues about the origin of life and the solar system landed successfully on Friday, scientists said.
The two main challengers to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced an electoral alliance Thursday, posing a threat to the premier's long tenure in office as he also faces potential corruption charges.
More than 2,500 foreign children from 30 countries who have fled the Islamic State group's last redoubts are living in desperate conditions in camps in northeastern Syria, Save the Children said on Thursday.
A UN Security Council sanctions committee has agreed to allow North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's delegation to travel to Việt Nam for a summit meeting with US President Donald Trump, diplomats said on Wednesday.
Pope Francis kicks off a red-letter global child protection summit on Thursday for reflections on the sex abuse crisis, while victims tired of hearing pledges for change clamour for incisive reforms.
Prime Minister Theresa May said she had made "progress" in talks with the EU on Wednesday as she sought to extract concessions on the terms of Britain's divorce, but as expected there was no major breakthrough.
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