Chinese telecoms giant Huawei's chief financial officer, Meng Wanzhou, has filed suit against Canadian authorities for violating her constitutional rights when she was arrested in Vancouver, her lawyers said on Sunday.
French President Emmanuel Macron has launched a call for reconciliation with Italy following a diplomatic spat between the neighbours that saw Paris briefly recall its ambassador.
A tornado killed 14 people and caused "catastrophic" damage in the southern US state of Alabama on Sunday, local officials said.
President Donald Trump's ex-attorney will return to Congress next week for more testimony, US lawmakers said on Thursday, after three days of marathon appearances during which Michael Cohen accused his longtime boss of being a conman engaged in illegal activity.
Just 10 countries were responsible for three-quarters of a global surge in measles cases last year, the UN children's agency said today, including one of the world's richest nations, France.
US President Donald Trump sat down in Ha Noi, Viet Nam, with Fox News Channel right after he left the negotiations with Democratic People's North Korean Chairman Kim Yong Un yesterday with no deal signed.
Australia suffered its hottest summer on record from December through February and forecasts show the southern autumn will continue to be drier and warmer than average, the government said on Thursday.
The US House of Representatives on Wednesday passed its first major gun safety measure in a quarter century, a landmark bill that would expand background checks to virtually all firearm sales.
Britain, France and the United States on Wednesday asked the UN Security Council to impose sanctions on the leader of a Pakistan-based Islamist group that claimed a suicide attack in Kashmir, diplomats said.
Pakistan said on Wednesday it shot down two Indian warplanes in its airspace over disputed Kashmir, in a dramatic escalation of a confrontation that has ignited fears of an all-out conflict between the nuclear-armed neighbours.
Indonesian rescuers scrambled yesterday to find dozens buried in the collapse of an illegal gold mine that killed at least three people, the disaster agency said.
Chicago voters went to the polls on Tuesday to choose a new mayor to tackle rampant gun violence, racial inequality and other pressing social problems in America’s third largest city.
Convicted Australian Cardinal George Pell has shown "no remorse" for his assault of two choirboys, prosecutors said on Wednesday as they called for immediate imprisonment after his historic conviction for child sex crimes.
Australian Cardinal George Pell, one of Pope Francis' closest advisors, has been found guilty of sexually assaulting two choirboys, becoming the most senior Catholic cleric ever convicted of child sex crimes.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, who was the lead negotiator in the 2015 nuclear deal, announced his resignation on Instagram on Monday, which can only take effect once President Hassan Rouhani accepts it.
US President Donald Trump headed toward Hà Nội on Monday (local time) for his second high-stakes summit with the DPRK, with the world watching to see if the US leader can deliver concrete results on curbing the nuclear ambition from Pyongyang.
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Monday that the controversial relocation of a US military base in Okinawa will not be delayed despite a referendum that saw voters reject the move.
The United States is delaying a planned increase of tariffs on more than $200 billion in Chinese exports after both sides hailed "substantial progress" made in trade talks.
Senegal's President Macky Sall won in the first round of the election Sunday, his prime minister said, although his two main challengers look set to contest the outcome.
Donald Trump said Kim Jong Un could soon put North Korea on the fast-track to becoming a major power Sunday as his former rival chugged across China in an armoured train, heading to their highly-anticipated summit in Việt Nam.
