At least 52 inmates were killed in a prison riot in northern Brazil on Monday as rival gang factions fought each other, an official said.Sixteen...

Several thousand protesters rallied in Bucharest on Saturday after Romania's police chief was fired over the murder of a 15-year-old girl who had made three...

Democratic House speaker Nancy Pelosi has accused US President Donald Trump of "racist attacks" in his tweets about an African-American lawmaker.Trump attacked Democratic Rep Elijah...

A man and woman arrested over a mass brawl which broke out on a British cruise ship have been released from custody but remain under...

French President Emmanuel Macron confirmed Saturday he had invited his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin for talks on August 19, days before hosting a G7 summit.Macron...

Representatives from Europe, China and Russia, nations that are still committed to the Iran nuclear deal, plan to meet with Iran's representative in Vienna on...

Medications for children should be placed in hand luggage on a flight in case they become ill during the journey, a new study suggests.US experts...

The question of the unification of Ireland and British-ruled Northern Ireland will inevitably arise if Britain leaves the European Union without a divorce deal on...

Thousands of Russians say they will take to the streets of Moscow on Saturday to demand fair local elections, despite a police crackdown on the...

New British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will set out his domestic agenda in a speech in Manchester on Saturday, after trying to dampen speculation he...

Rescue workers said Friday they had plucked the bodies of 62 migrants from waters off the Libyan coast a day after one of the deadliest...

Brazil's foreign minister plunged immediately into the divisive question of Venezuela on Friday, urging his counterparts from BRICS nations Russia, China, India and South Africa...

A huge manhunt is under way for the killers of an Italian policeman stabbed to death in the centre of Rome while trying to make...

An American blogger reportedly trying to visit every country in the world has been released from custody in Syria with the help of Lebanese officials.The...

The US and Guatemala have signed a migration agreement, days after US President Donald Trump threatened the Central American country with tariffs.Under the deal, migrants...

The US Supreme Court has given President Donald Trump permission to use $2.5 billion (£2 billion) of Pentagon funds for a section of wall on...

The European Union lawmakers dealing with Brexit said on Wednesday there was an increased risk of a disorderly British exit from the bloc after Boris...

Two people have died from listeria infections in Australia after probably eating contaminated smoked salmon, officials say.A third person also contracted the illness - known...

Russia wants an investigation into a South Korean announcement that one of its military planes violated South Korea's airspace, a senior lawmaker said Wednesday citing,...

Boris Johnson, Britain's blustering Brexit campaigner, was chosen as the U.K.'s next prime minister on Tuesday, with a resounding mandate from the Conservative Party but...

An unprecedented joint China-Russia bomber patrol over disputed territory off the coast of South Korea and Japan was a "massive development" in their bid to...

Caracas and other parts of crisis-wracked Venezuela were hit by a massive power cut on Monday that the government blamed on an "electromagnetic attack."The lights...

When Robert Mueller testifies before Congress on Wednesday about his probe of Russian interference in the 2016 election and possible obstruction of justice by President...

Around 120 coal miners with black lung disease were due in Washington on Tuesday hoping to pressure Congress to restore a higher excise tax level...

Conservative and far-right French lawmakers said they would boycott a meeting with Swedish activist Greta Thunberg and hurled insults at the 16-year-old who has inspired...

Brexit hardliner Boris Johnson won the contest to lead Britain's governing Conservative Party on Tuesday and will become the country's next prime minister, tasked with...

President Donald Trump met with executives from several of the nation's leading chip and computer part makers Monday and discussed restrictions his administration has imposed...

President Donald Trump said Monday that he could win the war in Afghanistan in a week, but that he doesn't want to kill millions of...

A minister and longstanding critic of Boris Johnson quit on Monday, the latest resignation before the presumed new prime minister takes office with a "do...

Fires that swept across central Portugal for nearly 48 hours were under partial control on Monday, but adverse weather conditions are raising concern they will...

Thousands of people are expected to fill the streets of San Juan on Monday morning in massive demonstrations to demand that the US territory's governor...

Boris Johnson is expected to become Britain's next prime minister this week, vowing to deliver Brexit on October 31 come what may, in the face...

American crocodiles, once headed toward extinction, are thriving at an unusual spot the canals surrounding a South Florida nuclear plant.Last week, 73 crocodile hatchlings were...

New Zealanders have handed over more than 10,000 guns, weapons parts and accessories in the first week of a buy-back scheme prompted by the country's...

An Australian woman charged with murder has been sent for a medical assessment amid reports she decapitated her mother and left the head outside a...

British Airways and Lufthansa abruptly suspended flights to Cairo from Saturday over security concerns, but giving no details about what may have prompted the move."We...

US President Donald Trump's suggestion that four activist Democratic congresswomen of color "go back" to countries "from which they came" has excited some in his...

 Joe Biden, former US vice-president and Democratic presidential candidate, compared President Donald Trump on Friday to the late George Wallace, a prominent supporter of racial...

Spain's Socialists said on Saturday they were confident of reaching a government agreement with the far-left Podemos party that would pave the way for acting...

Former first lady Michelle Obama added her voice on Friday (July 19) to the Democratic outcry following President Donald Trump's attack on four ethnic minority...

A South African corruption watchdog on Friday said President Cyril Ramaphosa "deliberately misled" Parliament about a campaign contribution, a setback for a leader who has...

Mohammad al-Naeemi had everything he could possibly want living in exile in Germany, but he returned to war-torn Syria anyway to fight President Bashar al-Assad's...

Saudi Arabia has decided to host US troops in a joint move with Washington to boost regional security, the kingdom's defense ministry said, as tensions...

The Dutch Supreme Court has upheld a lower court's ruling that the Netherlands is partially liable in the deaths of some 350 Muslim men who...

An explosion on Friday near a gate to the campus of Kabul University in the Afghan capital killed six people and injured at least 27...

Mexico's National Migration Institute says child protection officials have assisted since December more than 10,000 unaccompanied minors, most of them from Central America.The institute shared...

A U.S. warship on Thursday destroyed an Iranian drone in the Strait of Hormuz after it threatened the ship, President Donald Trump said. The incident...

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern was forced to fly home on a commercial flight on Friday after a technical snag hit her air force...

UK ministers were "running around like idiots" when they arrived to negotiate Brexit in 2017, a top EU official says.The EU Commission's First Vice-President, Frans...

The US House voted Wednesday to block $8.1 billion in arms sales to Saudi Arabia and other allies, a rebuke of Donald Trump that will...