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.
Three former executives at Fukushima’s operator stand trial this week on the only criminal charges laid in the 2011 disaster, as thousands remain unable to return to homes near the shuttered nuclear plant.
Korea has become a member of the APEC Cross-Border Privacy Rules System, strengthening the growth potential of the e-commerce sector, and protection of sensitive consumer data used in online transactions.
The US Supreme Court on Monday partially reinstated Donald Trump’s controversial travel ban targeting citizens from six predominantly Muslim countries, prompting the president to claim a victory for national security.
Colombia’s leftist FARC rebel force formally completed its disarmament process on Monday to end half a century of war against the state, the United Nations said.
Police in Mexico found the burned remains of a journalist who was kidnapped in May, the sixth reporter killed this year in the country, a state prosecutor said on Monday.
Brazil's top prosecutor charged President Michel Temer with bribery on Monday, but the embattled conservative leader vowed to fight on.
US President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi embraced each other as friends and partners on Monday, pledging their quest for economic growth would strengthen rather than undermine ties between the world's two largest democracies.
Cambodia’s major political parties, including the ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) and the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) have acknowledged the results of recent communal elections.
The fallout from London's devastating tower block blaze continued on Sunday with the government announcing 60 high-rises have failed safety tests, as an insurance body said they had warned officials of the fire risks.
Australia's under-pressure Great Barrier Reef is an asset worth Aus$56 billion (US$42 billion) and as an ecosystem and economic driver is "too big to fail", a study said on Monday.
Dozens of city mayors from around the world -- including Washington, Berlin, Paris, Tokyo and Sydney -- on Monday called on G20 leaders to stick to their commitments on tackling climate change.
At least six people were dead and 31 missing after a tourist boat sank in a reservoir in northwestern Colombia on Sunday, the country's president said.
 and Diana Guzman, Chair of Prudence Foundation and Chief Sustainability Officer, Prudential plc (second from left) at the launch of Talk It Out in Vietnam)
