Suspected IS-inspired suicide bombers attack Indonesian churches, at least 11 deadSuicide bombers suspected to be from an Islamic State-inspired group killed at least 11 people and wounded 40 in attacks on Christians attending Sunday morning services at three churches in Indonesia'...
As Iraq moves on with vote, Falluja trapped by sins of the pastBraving a nationwide driving ban, hundreds of Iraqis walked through Falluja and stepped over barbed wire surrounding a school to vote in a parliamentary election they hope will help a city far from re...
“We never cared but now we have to” – Mosul votes for first time since IS defeatUm Laila and Farida Hassan had not seen each other since the day Iraqi soldiers helped them escape from Islamic State's brutal rule in Mosul. On Saturday, the friends were reunited at a polling statio...
Paris knife attacker was French citizen born in Chechnya – sourcesThe assailant who killed a 29-year-old man in a central Paris knife attack on Saturday night was a French citizen born in the Chechnya region of Russia in 1997, judicial sources said on Sunday. The un...
Philippine mayor survives ambush after Duterte threatA Philippine mayor accused of involvement in narcotics trafficking survived an ambush on Sunday, police said, four months after President Rodrigo Duterte publicly threatened to kill him. Retired polic...
EU meets Balkan leaders under shadow of TrumpEU leaders will seek to boost ties with the Balkans at a summit next week, but it looks set to be overshadowed by the rift with US President Donald Trump over the Iran nuclear deal. The meeting of Eur...
Mahathir, Anwar step in as tensions flare within Malaysia’s ruling allianceMalaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad and jailed politician Anwar Ibrahim tried to ease a rift within the ruling alliance on Sunday after differences erupted between their supporters over cabinet...
Ireland’s abortion referendum campaigns ramp upPro- and anti-abortion activists in Ireland are hitting the streets and social networks to mobilise a divided electorate with less than a fortnight to go until a referendum on the thorny issue. Voters...
Hamas leader heads to Cairo ahead of Gaza protestsThe head of Gaza's Islamist rulers Hamas left for Cairo on Sunday, sources in the movement said, a day before major protests are expected in the enclave over Washington's controversial Jerusalem embas...
Nicaragua’s army distances itself from OrtegaNicaragua's army on Saturday distanced itself from President Daniel Ortega, saying it was not repressing anyone for taking part in anti-government protests which have shaken the Central American natio...
Beijing urges ceasefire after deadly Myanmar border clashesChina on Sunday condemned fighting on its border between Myanmar forces and ethnic rebels that has left 19 dead, mostly civilians, in some of the worst violence to rattle the restive frontier in recen...
Grandfather planned Australia family murder-suicide: fatherThe grieving father of four children who were killed in a family mass murder and suicide case that rocked Australia said Sunday their grandfather was to blame for what he called a planned shooting. Aa...
Two of three missing Polish miners found dead – JSWRescuers searching for three Polish miners trapped almost a kilometre underground since a tunnel collapsed eight days ago have found two bodies, taking the death toll from the incident to four, coal c...