Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has angrily rejected criticism by international monitors of a referendum granting him extra powers that was disputed by the opposition and exposed bitter divisions in the country.
North Korea held a ceremony to mark the sailing of a trade cargo ship, the North's state media today reported, amid the country's setbacks in international trade caused by severe U.N. sanctions for its nuclear and missile development programs.
The two frontrunners in the French presidential election, far-right leader Marine Le Pen and centrist Emmanuel Macron, staged rival rallies in Paris on Monday, seeking to stay ahead in a tightening race just days before the vote.
In a nationwide referendum held on April 16, 2017, Turkish voters were asked to decide whether to grant expanded competences to the President of the Republic.
The Egyptian authorities have arrested 13 suspected "terrorists" allegedly planning to attack Christians and public institutions, the interior ministry said yesterday, a week after deadly church bombings.
Prosecutors today will indict ousted President Park Geun-hye on bribery and other charges related to 13 criminal allegations, and conclude their probe into the influence-peddling scandal that brought her down, prosecution sources said.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan narrowly won a historic referendum yesterday that will tighten his grip on power, but the knife-edge result left the country bitterly divided and the opposition crying foul.
Mike Pence arrived at the gateway to the Demilitarized Zone dividing the two Koreas today, in a show of US resolve hours after North Korea failed in its attempt to test another missile.
The US military on Thursday dropped the largest non-nuclear bomb ever deployed in combat, targeting an Islamic State complex in Afghanistan, the Pentagon said.
At least 24 people were killed and nine injured Thursday in a crash involving a bus carrying tourists and a petrol tanker in southern Mexico, an emergency services official said.
US President Donald Trump vowed Thursday that the "problem" of North Korea "will be taken care of," as speculation mounted that Pyongyang might be preparing another nuclear or missile test.
The man dragged off a United Airlines flight, sparking an international uproar, suffered a broken nose and concussion, his lawyer said Thursday, adding that he is planning to sue.
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said a suspected chemical weapons attack was a "fabrication" to justify a US military strike, as Moscow digs in to defend its ally despite increasing strains with Washington.
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday pulled back from a vow to place his country's flag on an island in the Spratlys chain claimed by China and other regional states.
Egypt's interior ministry said on Wednesday it had identified the suicide bomber behind a deadly attack at the weekend outside a church in the coastal city of Alexandria.
Two giant pandas arrived by plane at Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport Wednesday after a marathon 8,000 kilometre journey from China, the first breeding pair on Dutch soil in three decades.
Russia on Wednesday vetoed a UN resolution demanding the Syrian government co-operate with an investigation of a suspected chemical attack, blocking Security Council action against its ally for an eighth time.
Brazil's corruption crisis struck the heart of President Michel Temer's government Tuesday with the opening of probes into up to nine ministers and scores of lawmakers.
The FBI investigated Trump campaign advisor Carter Page last year over worries he could have been working for Russia, the Washington Post reported Tuesday.
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