Beirut--At least 14 civilians, including seven children, were killed Thursday when Syrian regime helicopters dropped barrel bombs on northern Aleppo province, a monitoring...
Beirut--At least 14 civilians, including seven children, were killed Thursday when Syrian regime helicopters dropped barrel bombs on northern Aleppo province, a monitoring...
Brussels, Belgium--The EU said Thursday that major new clashes in Ukraine were the "most serious" breach of a February truce and could lead...
Oslo--Members of Afghanistan's Taliban are in Norway for informal talks with representatives of Afghan society, the Norwegian government said Thursday, in a new...
Geneva--Nigeria-based Boko Haram jihadists are behind horrendous violence in neighbouring Cameroon, where they have kidnapped more than 1,000 children and used some youngsters...
Jerusalem--Israeli warplanes struck militant targets in the Gaza Strip early Thursday after Palestinian rockets hit the Israeli south for the second time in...
Geneva--Finnish weather chief Petteri Taalas was on Thursday elected as the new head of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) during its quadrennial congress...
Hong Kong--Thousands of people streamed into a park in central Hong Kong on Thursday evening for a candlelit vigil to mark the 26th...
Seoul--South Korea on Thursday reported its third death from an outbreak of the MERS virus that has infected dozens of people, seen hundreds...
Brussels--Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will likely hold fresh talks with European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker and creditors on Friday, European sources said,...
London--Tunnelling work under London for the £14.8-billion (20 billion euros, $23 billion) Crossrail project was completed on Thursday in a major milestone for...
Bonn--The major industrialised economies are far off track in helping the world meet the UN's global warming target, a monitoring group said on...
Washington--Former Texas governor Rick Perry announced he will run for the White House Thursday, throwing his hat into a very crowded Republican presidential...
Paris--France will more than halve its troop deployment in the Central African Republic this month, as part of its handover of the peacekeeping...
Berlin--Germany's foreign minister expressed "great concern" Thursday over "serious violations" of a February truce after a flare-up of violence in Ukraine, warning against...
Guwahati, India--Heavily armed rebels in India's restive northeast killed at least 20 troops on Thursday, police said, in one of the area's worst...
Lagos--A French tourist was shot dead and his wife injured in a suspected robbery in southeastern Nigeria, police and the French embassy said...
Maungdaw, Myanmar--Myanmar officials on Thursday said most of the 700 migrants found adrift on a boat in its waters a week ago identified...
Oslo--Russia's recent behaviour is more aggressive but does not pose an immediate threat to NATO, the alliance's chief Jens Stoltenberg said on Thursday....
