France will ask the UN Security Council to authorise an African military force for the Sahel region that will be sent to root out jihadists and drug traffickers, the French ambassador said on Tuesday.
A man has been arrested at Heathrow airport as part of the investigation into last month's deadly suicide bombing in Manchester, British police said on Wednesday.
Mexico's ruling party managed to hold onto the governorship of the country's largest state, according to near-complete election results Monday – which their leftist rivals rejected, vowing a fight.
A US Army veteran who had been fired in April from his job at a Florida company opened fire on Monday at the Orlando business, killing five people before taking his own life, authorities said.
Kabul will host a multinational peace conference on Afghanistan on Tuesday, as the capital reels from a wave of bombings and clashes last week that left more than 100 people dead and hundreds wounded.
The United States on Monday urged the United Nations to establish a special investigation into the murder of two UN experts who had been gathering evidence of mass graves in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
A fatal shootout claimed by the Islamic State group was being treated as a terrorist attack, Australian police said on Tuesday, as the prime minister condemned it as "shocking and cowardly".
Top US and Australian officials on Monday warned battle-hardened and angry foreign fighters may return to Southeast Asia from the Middle East and take up arms in their own countries.
The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for the London attacks, which left seven people dead, an online news agency affiliated with the jihadists said on Monday.
Four people were killed when a Cessna aircraft crashed into a snow-covered mountain in central Japan, local police said on Sunday.
The global economy is set to post solid growth this year, amid improving world trade and better performance by large emerging markets, but key risks could still threaten the outlook, the World Bank said on Sunday.
The 16th Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore yesterday wrapped up after the three-day sitting, giving commitments to fostering regional cooperation, towards effectively coping with regional security challenges.
A van ploughed into pedestrians and several people were stabbed in central London Saturday, police and witnesses said, leaving "multiple" casualties in what police called a "terrorist" attack days before a general election.
When Pope Francis met United States President Donald Trump last month at the Vatican, he urged him to be a man of peace.
Captains of industry, corporations and business groups distanced themselves from the White House on Thursday, as many expressed frustration with President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw from the Paris climate accord.
The United States presented a draft UN Security Council resolution on Thursday that would impose new sanctions on North Korea over its nuclear and ballistic missile programs, diplomats said.
At least 44 Libya-bound migrants, including women and babies, died of thirst after their vehicle broke down in the scorching Sahara desert of northern Niger, local officials said on Thursday.
A man who fired an automatic rifle inside a casino in the Philippine capital and triggered fears of a terrorist attack killed himself on Friday, police said, adding he was likely just a deranged robber.
President Donald Trump announced America's shock withdrawal from the Paris climate accord on Thursday, a policy shift with potentially wide-ranging repercussions for the environment and Washington's ties with the world.
Japan on Thursday launched a satellite to help build a high-precision geolocation system that will complement the US-operated GPS.
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