A South Korean government website containing information on local birth rates, average marriage age and other data has been taken down following complaints.
More than a dozen Nobel laureates on Thursday urged the United Nations to "end the human crisis" of Myanmar's Rohingya minority group, whose members have been...
The faded documents inside the handwritten file marked ‘The resignation of the Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher’ provide an unprecedented glimpse into a world...
A nationwide ceasefire in Syria, brokered by Russia and Turkey which back opposing sides in the conflict, got off to a shaky start after midnight on Friday in the...
There is optimism that the latest attempt to broker a ceasefire in the Syrian civil war may be working, after only minimal clashes in its first few hours.
Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has indicated that if Australia had a vote on the Security Council she would likely have backed Israel over its settlements.
Chancellor Angela Merkel called on Germans Saturday to hold firm to democratic values in the face of jihadist terror, urging them to counter "murderers who are...
At least 22 civilians were killed in a massacre in Democratic Republic of Congo's restive North Kivu province, officials said Sunday, the latest in a two-year...
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday claimed the military had routed Boko Haram in a key northeastern stronghold, a year after saying the Islamist...
This year will go on record as the year that saw the highest number of asylum seeker deaths globally, as millions sought protection in an increasingly unwelcoming...
The army sealed off a section of DR Congo's second city and carried out mass arrests of young men, residents said, as talks to try and defuse the country's...
Russian diplomats have left two US countryside holiday retreats after being ordered out by President Barack Obama, who claims the sites are linked to spying.
Greece's ambassador to Brazil was murdered in a plot hatched by his Brazilian wife and her police officer lover, who confessed to the crime, officials said on...
Brazilian police suspect Greek Ambassador Kyriakos Amiridis was killed in a "crime of passion," a source close to the investigation said Friday, as detectives...
A Brazilian TV network says police believe a body found in a charred car in Rio may be that of the Greek ambassador, who has been missing for three days.
Colombia's Congress on Wednesday passed a law granting amnesty to FARC rebels as part of the country's peace deal, a development the government hailed as 'historic'.
Kidnappings in Colombia have fallen 92 percent since 2000, a "historic" change, the authorities said Tuesday as the government and FARC rebels implement a peace...
