The Biden administration stepped up its condemnation of the coup in Myanmar on Thursday, demanding that military authorities stop their brutal crackdown on pro-democracy protesters and release demonstrators and journalists who have been detained.
Police in Myanmar on Friday opened fire on protesters against last month's military coup, killing one man, as international condemnation rained down on the junta ahead of a U.N. Security Council meeting to discuss the crisis.
The US House of Representatives session was cancelled and security was high Thursday after officials warned of an attack plot by QAnon conspiracists, two months after backers of ex-president Donald Trump stormed the Capitol building.
Nine Turkish soldiers were killed and four wounded Thursday when their military helicopter crashed in the southeast of the country, the defense ministry said.
The Philippines received its initial batch of COVID-19 vaccine doses on Sunday in a shipment donated by China, a day before its inoculation drive is due to...
Myanmar police fired on protesters around the country on Sunday in the bloodiest day of weeks of demonstrations against a military coup and at least 18 people...
Armenian President Armen Sarkisian said Saturday he had refused to sign a prime ministerial order to dismiss the army's chief of staff, deepening an...
Bangladesh is under "no obligation" to shelter 81 Rohingya Muslim refugees adrift for almost two weeks on the Andaman Sea and being assisted by neighbouring...
The United States is considering sanctions against Central Bank Gov. Riad Salameh as part of an investigation into alleged embezzlement of public funds,...
To feed her family, Lebanese mother Sandra al-Tawil sold her fridge and washing machine.
The United States accused Syrian President Bashar Assad and his close ally Russia on Thursday of trying to block all efforts to hold Damascus accountable for...
U.S. President Joe Biden's refusal to offer upfront sanctions relief to Iran may have angered Tehran's clerical rulers but it has won some praise at home...
Kidnappers have freed 42 people, including 27 children, snatched from a school in central Nigeria 10 days ago, officials said on Saturday, a day after more...
Police in Myanmar launched their most sweeping crackdown in three weeks of protests against military rule on Saturday in towns and cities across the country,...
Health advisers endorsed a one-dose COVID-19 vaccine from Johnson & Johnson on Friday, putting the nation on the cusp of adding an easier-to-use option to...
Saudi Arabia's crown prince likely approved the killing of U.S.-based journalist Jamal Khashoggi inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, according to a newly...
The UN Security Council gave unanimous approval Friday to a resolution calling for improved access to Covid-19 vaccines in conflict-hit or impoverished...
Suspected armed bandits raided a school dormitory in northwestern Nigeria overnight, a teacher and parent told AFP on Friday, raising fears of another mass...
Myanmar police dispersed protesters in the main city of Yangon on Friday, firing guns and what appeared to be stun grenades, witnesses said, to send people...
Police in eastern England say they have received a long-delayed letter from an Emirati princess asking them to investigate the disappearance of her sister 20...
India's coast guard has found a boat adrift in the Andaman Sea carrying scores of Rohingya refugees, including eight who had died, officials said Thursday.
Rival neighbors Pakistan and India have pledged to stop firing weapons across the border in disputed Kashmir, promising to adhere to a 2003 accord that has...
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan warned of an attempted military coup against him Thursday after the army demanded he and his government resign in a...
Police in Slovenia have discovered 13 migrants from Iraq, including two children, who were hidden in a cargo truck, suffering from dehydration and a lack of...
Indonesia is holding intensive talks with both the Myanmar military and representatives of the ousted elected government in a bid to end a crisis over a Feb.
At least 41 people drowned over the weekend when their boat capsized in the Central Mediterranean, the UN said Wednesday, the latest shipwreck involving...
Greek hospital doctors went on a day-long strike Tuesday and dozens marched in Athens to protest "suffocating" conditions at hospitals on the frontline of the...
Thousands of anti-government protesters rallied in Georgia Tuesday after the arrest of an opposition leader, deepening a political crisis that erupted after...
Around 7,000 people have fled rapidly-escalating communal violence in western Ethiopia, seeking safety in neighbouring Sudan, the United Nations said Tuesday.
Protesters against the military’s seizure of power in Myanmar were back on the streets of cities and towns on Tuesday, a day after a call for a general strike...
Armenia would welcome the expansion of a Russian military base on its territory and the redeployment of some Russian forces closer to its border with...
China's top diplomat called Monday for new U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration to lift restrictions on trade and people-to-people contacts while ceasing...
The Italian ambassador to Congo and an Italian carabineri police officer were killed Monday during an attack on a U.N. convoy in an area that is home to...