A known terror suspect gunned down a police officer and wounded two others Thursday on Paris's Champs Elysees in an attack claimed by the Islamic State group days before France's presidential election.
French far-right candidate Marine Le Pen on Wednesday accused her rivals of turning a blind eye to Islamic terrorism at her last major rally before the first round of a nailbiting race for president.
Canberra on Thursday unveiled plans to put "Australian values" at the heart of tougher requirements to gain citizenship, including competent English, belief in gender equality and a four-year qualification period.
While China has signed off on language for a new draft UN Security Council press statement condemning North Korea's recent failed missile launch, Russia apparently has requested a change in the text, diplomats said on Wednesday.
British lawmakers on Wednesday overwhelmingly backed Prime Minister Theresa May’s call for a snap election, paving the way for a June vote she hopes will give her a "mandate to complete Brexit".
A state of emergency that has been in force almost non-stop for 17 months in Mali was extended by 10 days from Thursday, the government said.
Stanford University has backed down in a months-long row with one of its professors over the use of a photo of President Donald Trump for a flyer promoting a conference on sexual assault.
Jakarta went to the polls in a tight run-off Wednesday with the Christian governor fighting for his job despite standing trial for blasphemy, in a divisive election that has stoked religious tensions in Muslim-majority Indonesia.
A 39-year-old man went on a shooting spree in the central California town of Fresno on Tuesday, killing three people and injuring another before being arrested, authorities said.
President Donald Trump wants to retool the fabled H-1B visas for skilled workers sought by Silicon Valley heavyweights, a White House official has said.
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.
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.
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.
 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)
