Taliban kill dozens in attacks across north Afghanistan: officialsTaliban fighters killed nearly 60 members of Afghanistan's beleaguered security forces in a spate of attacks across the country's north, officials said Monday, as diplomatic efforts to end the 17-year...
Iran completes facility to build centrifuges: nuclear chiefIran has completed a facility to build advanced centrifuges, Iran's nuclear chief was quoted on Sunday as saying, as Tehran prepares to increase its uranium-enrichment capacity if the nuclear deal col...
Uzbek imam sacked after urging president to allow hijabs, beardsAn Uzbek imam has been sacked after urging President Shavkat Mirziyoyev to lift a ban on personal religious symbols such as hijabs and beards, in a case showing the limits of newly-proclaimed toleranc...
7 wounded in Paris knife attack, including British touristsSeven people including two British tourists were wounded in Paris late Sunday by a knife-wielding man, a terrifying attack that bystanders tried to stop by throwing petanque balls at the assailant. Fo...
Sweden seeks new government as nationalist influence growsSweden is headed for a period of uncertainty after legislative elections saw the far-right make gains, raising three questions: Who won? Who will govern? And with whom? The prime minister is usually t...
‘Hunger stones’ tell Elbe’s centuries-old tale of droughtOnce an ominous harbinger of hard times and even famine due to critically low water levels, a massive "hunger stone" embedded deep in the Elbe River has reappeared in the Czech Republic after Europe's...
New Australian PM survives first test but discontent growsAustralia's centre-right government united behind new Prime Minister Scott Morrison to fend off a de facto vote of no confidence on Monday but his coalition still appeared likely to be heavily punishe...
Putin’s ally re-elected Moscow mayor amid pension protestsRussian President Vladimir Putin's close ally has been overwhelmingly re-elected Moscow's mayor, election officials said on Monday, following a poll overshadowed by protests over a pension reform. Ser...
Greenland PM loses majority as pro-independence party quits coalitionGreenland's Prime Minister Kim Kielsen was working on Monday to form a new coalition after a pro-independence party pulled out, leaving his government without a parliamentary majority. Partii Naleraq...
Cambodian opposition leader released but put under house arrestHundreds of supporters of the leader of Cambodia's main opposition party Kem Sokha gathered outside his house on Monday after he was released on bail after spending more than a year in jail on treason...
Russia prepares for biggest war games in its historyRussia on Tuesday will launch the biggest military drills in its history involving 300,000 troops as well as Chinese soldiers, in a move NATO denounced as "exercising large-scale conflict". The week-l...
Re-opened Iraqi railway a sign of progressThe newly revived railway between Baghdad and Fallujah snakes across the western Iraqi desert, through a landscape of burned-out tanks, abandoned cars and collapsed buildings. For the last month, Capt...
UK PM May’s Brexit plans opposed by 80 rebels in her party — former ministerBritish Prime Minister Theresa May's Conservative Party faces a "catastrophic split" if she persists with her so-called Chequers proposals on Brexit and 80 or more of her lawmakers are prepared to vot...
Death toll from Japan quake hits 44, power supply, Toyota output disruptedThe death toll from a powerful earthquake in northern Japan last week rose to 44, with 660 injured, the government said on Monday, as electricity supply remained short and top automaker Toyota suspend...
Rebels say Colombia govt peace talk terms are ‘unacceptable’Colombia's National Liberation Army (ELN) guerrillas said Monday that conditions set by Ivan Duque, the country's new president, to restart peace talks in Cuba aimed at ending their insurgency are "un...
China calls on US, N Korea to implement Singapore dealChina's top legislator voiced hope that North Korea and the United States will implement their nuclear summit agreement as he met with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, Chinese state media said Monday....