French investigators believe the man who launched a machete attack outside the Louvre in Paris, before being shot and wounded by a soldier, is a 29-year-old Egyptian who entered the country on a tourist visa.
A US federal judge on Friday ordered a temporary, nationwide halt to President Donald Trump's ban on travelers from seven Muslim-majority countries, in the most severe legal blow to the controversial measure.
It’s official. A new world order, aka, the Trump Order, has been set in motion.
Colombia's ELN guerrillas have freed a hostage and the government released two rebel prisoners in exchange, clearing the way for peace talks to begin next week.
Any nuclear attack in Korea Peninsula would trigger an "effective and overwhelming" response, US Defense Secretary James Mattis said in Seoul on Friday as he sought to reassure Washington's Asian allies following President Donald Trump's inauguration.
Embattled French presidential hopeful Francois Fillon has warned of a plot to "steal" his voters as a scandal over payments to his wife rumbled on, fuelled by new footage from an interview.
More than 1,750 migrants have been rescued in the Mediterranean within 24 hours, Italy's coast guard said on Thursday, as EU leaders prepared for a summit on stemming the flow of boats from North Africa to Europe.
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull was on Thursday accused of "buying" his narrow election victory last year after he admitted personally gifting A$1.75 million (US$1.32 million) to the cash-strapped Liberal Party campaign.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel visits Turkey on Thursday for the first time since the failed July coup, seeking to keep a key partnership alive after a series of crises.
Oil companies underestimating the global market for electric vehicles could be caught unaware by weakened demand for petrol within a decade, analysts said on Wednesday.
President Donald Trump notched a victory on Wednesday with Rex Tillerson anointed as his secretary of state, but opposition Democrats girded for battle over other nominations, including his US Supreme Court pick.
"I am finally home," King Mohammed VI said as the African Union readmitted Morocco after a 33-year absence, deferring the issue of Western Sahara for another day.
Brazil and Colombia are stepping up security along their border to stop drug gangs from recruiting renegade FARC rebels and their weapons as the guerrillas disarm, officials said.
The UN Security Council unanimously has called Tuesday for an immediate return to a ceasefire in Ukraine after three days of fighting left at least 13 dead.
UN-led peace talks on Syria have been postponed until February 20 to allow a ceasefire to take hold and to give the opposition time to present a united front, the UN envoy has said.
US President Donald Trump has crushed the most defiant display yet of official opposition to his immigration and refugee restrictions -- but resistance continued to spread on Tuesday, inside and outside the government.
EU states can reject asylum applications from people who have worked with terrorist groups, even if their role was only logistical, the bloc’s highest court ruled on Tuesday.
Election observers said Monday that Haiti's local and legislative polls over the weekend took place without major irregularities, despite a disappointing turnout.
Colombian officials said Monday that 17 civil campaigners have been murdered over the past two months in the country, amid tensions over its contested peace process.
