Turkey's parliament has approved a government-backed motion to extend by another three months the state of emergency imposed in the wake of the July 15 failed coup against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
President-elect Donald Trump has said he will hold a press conference on January 11, during which he has previously indicated he would unveil plans to avoid any conflict of interest between the White House and his business dealings.
Western support for military action against the Islamic State group is key to preventing attacks at home, French President Francois Hollande has said in Iraq, where yet another bombing killed dozens.
Police grilled Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for three hours on Monday on suspicion of receiving gifts from businessmen, as part of a graft probe that has shaken the country's politics.
Syria's ceasefire appeared under threat as government forces intensified their attacks near Damascus and around 10 rebel groups said they were suspending talks about planned peace negotiations this month.
Rioting inmates decapitated their rivals in brutal fighting between two gangs in a Brazilian jail that left 56 dead, while 144 prisoners escaped, officials said on Monday.
Millions of people around the world shrugged off terror jitters to ring in 2017 in style, as Sydney kicked off the party with a spectacular fireworks display that lit up its iconic harbour.
Australia rang in the new year Sunday with a spectacular fireworks display in Sydney, sending rainbow-coloured showers into the night sky and defying the global terror attacks that cast a pall over 2016.
The Vietnam News Agency has selected 10 events that shook the world in 2016:
A fresh legal challenge to Britain's plans to leave the European Union was launched in London yesterday, the latest in a series of claims against the government's approach to Brexit.
A nationwide ceasefire in Syria brokered by Russia and Turkey was in effect early today, a potentially major breakthrough in the nearly 6-year conflict, despite reports of isolated clashes.
New York authorities will deploy dozens of trucks on city streets during New Year’s Eve celebrations, to boost security in the wake of recent truck attacks in Europe, the police said Thursday.
The discovery of a burned-out car in Rio state on Thursday with a body inside have sparked fears that it might be that of the Greek ambassador to Brazil, missing since Monday.
President Barack Obama yesterday unleashed a barrage of retaliatory measures against Moscow for meddling in the US election, imposing sanctions on two intelligence agencies, expelling 35 agents and shuttering two Russian compounds inside the United States.
President Barack Obama has created two new US national monuments, bringing vast desert areas under federal protection.
At least 33 people have been injured in two separate bomb attacks in the Philippines, authorities said Thursday.
A major cocaine ring has been dismantled in joint operations with Tahiti, Australian police said Thursday, with a record 1.1 tonnes of cocaine worth hundreds of millions of dollars seized.
As soon as China abandoned its one-child policy a year ago, Zheng Xiaoyu and her husband started trying for a sibling for their nine-year-old son.
There will be no Fidel Castro streets or plazas in Cuba, in keeping with the late revolutionary leader's wishes, as spelled out in a law Cuban legislators passed yesterday.
