Obama in campaign mode, back to promoting hope over fearFormer President Barack Obama said Saturday that November midterm elections would give Americans "a chance to restore some sanity in our politics," taking another swipe at his successor as he raises h...
Regime, Russian air raids resume on Syria’s IdlibRegime and Russian air raids pounded Syria's last major rebel bastion of Idlib on Sunday after an overnight lull, killing at least one child, a monitor said. It was the second day of bombardment on th...
Lawless commemorations of rebel leader terrorise KabulConvoys of gun-wielding men terrorised Kabul Sunday as they marked the death anniversary of a famed anti-Soviet and anti-Taliban resistance leader by firing bullets into the air and forcing terrified...
Serbia’s president says he is committed to compromise with KosovoSerbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Sunday he remains committed to reaching a compromise with Kosovo officials that would open the way for both countries to move towards membership of the Europ...
Hariri suspects absent as Lebanon tribunal nears climaxThe Hezbollah defendants are still on the run and have never even spoken to their lawyers, but the special UN tribunal into the 2005 assassination of Lebanese ex-prime minister Rafiq Hariri starts its...
North Korea holds 70th anniversary parade, without ICBMsThousands of North Korean troops followed by artillery and tanks paraded through Pyongyang Sunday as the nuclear-armed country celebrated its 70th birthday, but it refrained from displaying the interc...
Trump not on the midterms ballot but looms largeHis name will not be on the ballot, but President Donald Trump will be there in spirit when Americans vote in midterm elections in November. And the results will set the tone for the remaining two yea...
Crews fight to outflank raging Northern California wildfireFirefighters battled on Saturday to outflank a wildfire that has forced the closure of an interstate highway in Northern California as the blaze swept through explosively dry mountain timber in the Sh...
Anti-Kremlin protesters rally across Russia against pension age hikeSupporters of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny protested across Russia against planned increases to the nationwide pension age on Sunday, a challenge to the authorities who are holding a raft o...
Japan PM visits quake-hit Hokkaido as toll rises to 37Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visited the quake-hit northern region of Hokkaido Sunday, as officials confirmed two more deaths bringing the toll to 37. Abe toured the city and commercial hub of S...
Pro- and anti- whaling nations brace for battle in BrazilPro- and anti-whaling nations are set for a showdown when the International Whaling Commission (IWC) meets in Brazil from Monday as Japan leads an assault on a three-decade old moratorium on commercia...
Stefan Lofven: welder turned Sweden PM grappling with immigrationSweden's Social Democratic Prime Minister Stefan Lofven has probably never stood so alone: roasted by the right for leaving the door wide open to asylum-seekers and lambasted by the left for later sla...
Ex-gymnast opposition leader must be nimble to win in SwedenThe challenger to become Sweden's next prime minister, conservative Moderates leader Ulf Kristersson, is an eternal optimist chasing voters seduced by the far-right who claim soaring immigration is st...
Jimmie Akesson, the architect of Sweden’s rising far rightJimmie Akesson, the leader of the far-right Sweden Democrats, is a charismatic speaker who has succeeded in attracting mainstream voters with his efforts to cleanse the party of its neo-Nazi roots. Hi...
China engages in Australia’s largest maritime drill for first timeChina is participating for the first time in Australia's largest maritime exercise as more than 3,000 personnel from 27 countries engage in joint training off the strategic northern port of Darwin. Ex...
Global climate protests peak in US as UN talks falterTens of thousands of people across the globe took to the streets Saturday to demand that governments step up action on global warming, even as United Nations climate talks tasked with breathing life i...
Australia drought extends despite ‘widespread, significant rain’A devastating drought that has left Australian farmers struggling to stay afloat is set to persist despite widespread and significant rain last month, authorities have said. Graziers in eastern Austra...