The UN's Syria envoy said on Thursday he planned to hold another round of peace talks next month, but called for a stuttering ceasefire to be "revitalised" before setting a date, as at least 20 civilians were killed in second city Aleppo.
Russia’s new Vostochny cosmodrome hosted its first rocket launch on Thursday, the Roscosmos space agency said, after a last-minute delay a day earlier led to President Vladimir Putin criticising the programme’s officials.
The 96 Liverpool fans who died in the Hillsborough football stadium disaster were unlawfully killed, a jury has concluded, finding Britain's worst sporting tragedy was partly down to police errors.
Spain geared up for fresh elections yesterday as the king put in motion a process to dissolve parliament after months of failed coalition talks that have left the country in political limbo.
Billionaire Donald Trump swept all five presidential primaries held yesterday, strengthening his hold on the Republican race, while Democrat Hillary Clinton distanced herself from rival Bernie Sanders with three solid wins.
Canada will not pay ransoms for the release of its citizens held hostage overseas, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said yesterday after the gruesome killing of a Canadian in the Philippines.
French naval contractor DCNS on Tuesday won a A$50 billion (US$39 billion) contract to design and build Australia's next generation of submarines, beating competition from Germany and Japan in the country's biggest ever defence procurement programme.
Gunmen launched two nearly simultaneous attacks against federal police installations in Acapulco's tourist district, sowing panic as people ducked inside restaurants and stores in Mexico's crime-plagued resort, authorities said on Monday.
Venezuela's Supreme Court on Monday rejected the opposition's latest bid to cut short the term of President Nicolas Maduro, whose opponents blame him for a severe economic crisis.
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos reshuffled his cabinet on Monday in what he said was preparation for a looming peace deal to end a half-century conflict with armed rebels.
Australian police have charged a 16-year-old boy with planning a terrorism act allegedly linked to Monday's Anzac Day commemorations which honour soldiers who fought and died for the country.
Tens of thousands of New Zealanders turned out yesterday for the 100th ANZAC Day dawn services honouring their war dead on the anniversary of the ill-fated Gallipoli campaign in World War I.
Yemeni troops backed by Arab coalition air strikes killed more than 800 members of al-Qaeda in an attack on a southeastern provincial capital held by the group for the past year, the coalition said yesterday.
Barack Obama will set out his vision of relations with Europe with a speech in the northern German city of Hanover yesterday, trying to frame a relationship that has been less than easy throughout his presidency.
Serbia's Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic claimed victory in Sunday's general election after projections showed him winning by a landslide.
The EU has proposed offering visa-free travel in Europe to Ukrainians, delivering on a key pledge to the pro-Western government in Kiev
Recession-wracked Venezuela is to ration electricity in 10 of its most populous and industrialised states, including metropolitan Caracas, the government said on Wednesday.
The UN began evacuating hundreds of people from besieged Syrian towns in a rare sign of humanitarian progress, as the US Air Force for the first time deployed a B-52 bomber against the Islamic State group.
A 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Ecuador on Wednesday, sowing new panic four days after a powerful quake killed more than 500 people and injured over 5,000.
New York was to go to the polls on April 19 in a pivotal presidential primary tipped to hand Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump victories in the race to clinch the Democratic and Republican tickets to the White House.
