In Israel and the Palestinian territories, car-ramming attacks have featured heavily in a wave of violence that has

"We stand in solidarity and partnership with France, our oldest ally, as they respond to and recover from this attack.

France will not extend the state of emergency imposed after last year's Islamist militant attacks in Paris in November beyond 26

The United States is to offer to cooperate with Russia in joint military action against the Al-Nusra Front and Islamic State extremist groups in Syria, the Washington Post reported yesterday.

Pragmatic, childless pastors' daughters with killer instincts who were long underestimated by their blustering male

British Prime Minister Theresa May completed a major overhaul of the government yesterday, promoting leading Brexit campaigners and stunning observers by picking gaffe-prone Boris Johnson as her top diplomat.

He is the Chancellor of the Exchequer. He was foreign secretary under David Cameron from 2014 to 2016, having

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has extended the country's state of "economic emergency" for another 60 days,

The European Commission proposed more unified EU asylum rules yesterday, in a bid to stop people waiting for refugee status

David Cameron's last appearance in parliament as British Prime Minister ended in a standing ovation after a bravura 36-minute performance that taunted his rivals, reflected on his legacy and confessed his love for the office cat.

A second British Labour opposition lawmaker Owen Smith, Corbyn's former work and pensions policy chief, entered the

Turkey aims to develop good relations with Syria and Iraq, and both countries need to be stable for counter-

Incoming prime minister Theresa May is a tough, hard-working pragmatist who now has the task of uncoupling Britain from the European Union, and of uniting her country and her party.

Jeremy Corbyn will be automatically included on the ballot in Labour's leadership contest, the party's National Executive

Two bailiffs were shot dead during a scuffle with a prisoner turned gunman inside a southwest Michigan courthouse on

The government of Venezuela has said it has seized a factory owned by the US firm Kimberly-Clark. The firm had said

A humanitarian group said it recovered the bodies of four migrants and rescued around 400 survivors yesterday from

Three Ukrainian soldiers were killed and sixteen wounded as violent clashes continued between pro-Russian rebels and

French President Francois Hollande called Saturday for international action against an al-Qaeda affiliate in Syria, warning that the recent losses sustained by the Islamic State group could embolden other jihadist groups.

Australia's Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull yesterday declared victory for the ruling conservatives after the Labor opposition conceded defeat, but faced a tough time ahead after the narrow mandate in the closely fought election.