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WASHINGTON (AFP) - US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday abruptly shelved plans to meet a top North Korean official in New York, the latest twist in diplomacy to secure...

(AFP) – The United Nations on Wednesday welcomed a Syrian regime plan to allow Palestinians back home to the ravaged Damascus suburb of Yarmuk after expelling jihadists. Tens of thousands...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Donald Trump faced greater restraints on his presidency and intrusive investigations from Democrats who won control of the US House of Representatives and pledged to hold the...

resh fighting between armed groups forced more than 10,000 people to take refuge in a hospital (AFP) – Nearly two million people urgently need feeding in violence-hit Central African Republic...

DOHA (AFP) - Qatar s ruler said Tuesday "crises pass" but warned of "long-lasting" scars from an acrimonious diplomatic dispute that has seen Doha isolated by Saudi Arabia and its allies...

The head of Iran’s Basij militia on Monday dismissed threats by US President Donald Trump as "psychological warfare", local media reported. Photo: AFPTEHRAN: The head of Iran’s Basij militia...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. Photo: AFPRussian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Moscow's military chief of staff will arrive in Israel later Monday for talks on the conflict in...

At least 107 others were wounded in Sunday's powerful explosion, which happened as scores of people were leaving the airport after welcoming home Afghan Vice President Abdul Rashid Dostum...

Outside authorities found several cells that featured modern bathrooms with hot showers, full-sized refrigerators, coffee makers, microwave ovens and stereo loudspeakers. Photo: AFPInmates at an Indonesian prison paid for...

The store where the incident occurred. Photo: PA LONDON: British police have arrested three men in London after a suspected acid attack on a three-year-old boy in the English city of...