Aftershocks rattled the survivors of a devastating Indonesia earthquake that killed nearly 100 people, as officials urgently appealed on Thursday for medicine and doctors to treat the hundreds injured.
US Secretary of State John Kerry held fresh talks with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov in Germany on Wednesday but no breakthrough emerged on efforts to halt the fighting in the devastated Syrian city of Aleppo.
A senior Cuban diplomat said on Wednesday that she hopes President-elect Donald Trump will take into account advances in US-Cuban relations and can even improve on them when he takes office.
New Zealand's central bank governor painted a glowing picture of the economy on Thursday just days after Prime Minister John Key resigned, but warned of uncertainties ahead.
Matteo Renzi bowed out as Italian prime minister with a combination of jokes, regrets and a strong hint that he wants to lead his party into an early election battle.
At least 52 people were killed and scores injured when a strong earthquake struck western Indonesia on Wednesday and flattened hundreds of homes and mosques, with officials warning the death toll would likely rise.
Polar bear numbers could drop a third by mid-century, according to the first systematic assessment, released on Wednesday, of how dwindling Arctic sea ice affects the world's largest bear.
British finance minister Philip Hammond on Wednesday flies to South Africa, followed by trips next week to Japan and South Korea, as Britain seeks "stronger global ties" before Brexit.
Complaints over lack of access to medicine in
President Barack Obama on Tuesday used his final address on global terror to defend his approach to the fight, calling for coalition-building to continue battlefield successes while rejecting the use of torture.
At least 18 people died and dozens were feared trapped in rubble after a strong earthquake struck off Aceh Province on
The judge in the murder trial of a white former South Carolina policeman accused of shooting an unarmed black suspect in the back declared a mistrial on Monday after the jury said it was deadlocked.
The impeachment of South Korea’s scandal-hit president, Park Geun-hye, looked certain on Tuesday as dissident lawmakers in her ruling party said they would support an opposition motion calling for her ouster.
New Zealand will have at least a two-way race to decide their next prime minister following the bombshell resignation of the popular John Key.
Russia and China have vetoed a UN Security Council resolution calling for a seven-day ceasefire in the embattled Syrian city of Aleppo.
Donald Trump on Monday spent another day sequestered in cabinet-building talks as international suspense grew over who he will pick for secretary of state having already defied diplomatic protocol and provoked China.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is to become the first Japanese leader to visit Pearl Harbor, announcing on Monday a trip to the site of his country's surprise attack that launched World War II in the Pacific.
Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi announced his resignation on Monday, hours after it was confirmed he had suffered a crushing defeat in a referendum on constitutional reform.
Suspected Russian air strikes killed at least 46 people in opposition-held parts of Syria Sunday, a monitor said, as government forces advanced in fierce clashes with rebels in east Aleppo.
The US Army Corps of Engineers nixed plans for a controversial oil pipeline crossing in North Dakota, a major victory for Native Americans and environmentalists who had staged months of protests.
