A former US secretary of defence believes the threat posed by Donald Trump's flippant tweets and callous comments risk putting America on a path to war.
For many in China, Lunar New Year is a rare opportunity to travel home and see family. But some migrant workers, struggling to get by in big cities, can't afford...
US rights groups filed a legal challenge on Saturday to President Donald Trump's order halting the arrival of refugees and travelers from seven Muslim countries.
Following a failed coup attempt Turkey must respect human rights, says UK leader Theresa May in a visit which has seen the nations sign a defence deal.
An MP from British Prime Minister Theresa May's Conservative Party on Saturday revealed he would be barred from entering the US under President Donald Trump's...
The EU's traditional power couple France and Germany expressed mounting alarm on Saturday at key decisions by US President Donald Trump in his first week in...
A US-funding ban on aid for international abortion services is likely to cause a funding shortfall of $US600 million ($A794 million) over the next four years.
German prosecutors said on Friday they were investigating Volkswagen's former chief executive Martin Winterkorn on suspicion of fraud over the 'dieselgate'...
Six years after Hosni Mubarak was forced from power, the activists behind Egypt's 2011 uprising are facing a new crackdown and struggling to see much reason for...
The Gambia's exiled strongman Yahya Jammeh plundered the state coffers and stole millions of dollars in his final weeks in power, an aide to new President Adama...
West African troops approached the Gambian capital Sunday to secure President Adama Barrow's arrival from neighbouring Senegal, as controversy erupted over the...
Iraqis who say their lives are in danger because they worked with the US government in Iraq fear their chances of refuge in the United States may vanish.
Forest fires ravaging southern Chile have now killed 11 people, President Michelle Bachelet said Saturday, as firefighters waged an all-out battle to extinguish the...
Vast woodland fires in the center and south of Chile have caused "the biggest forestry disaster in our history," President Michelle Bachelet said on Monday,...
A shooting erupted during an electronic music festival at a Mexican beach resort early Monday, leaving five people dead, including one in a stampede as revelers...