US President Barack Obama and top European leaders are moving ahead on a new round of sanctions against Russia, US officials have...

A review board has recommended that the United States frees a Yemeni man who has been held at the US Navy base...

Anti-government activists in Slavyansk have detained military observers who had been traveling with the OSCE mission. The OSCE dismissed the claim of...

Representatives of Russian TV channels have urged international organizations, including the UN, UNESCO and the OSCE, to protect the rights and dignity...

The Marshall Islands, a small 70-square mile string of islands in the Pacific Ocean with a population in the tens of thousands,...

If Kiev does not immediately stop military operations against popular protest, Russia will call for an urgent UNSC meeting and in the...

Washington is pushing Venezuela towards a “civil war” because it wants access to the country’s rich oil reserves, Bolivian President Evo Morales...

The first wave of US troops has arrived in Poland to begin military drills “promoting peace and stability” across Eastern Europe. Tensions...

If Kiev authorities have started to use force against the civilian population, this is a serious crime, Russian President Vladimir Putin said....

China has released a Japanese cargo ship after its owners paid $28m to settle a pre-war debt, a court has said. The...

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has demanded the Security Council respond to “flagrant violations of international law”, claiming warring parties in Syria...

At least three foreigners have been killed by a security guard at an international hospital in the Afghan capital, Kabul, Afghan security...

Over 2,000 coal miners in Lugansk region have been on strike for the second day running, demanding higher wages and refusing to...

Islamabad, Pakistan – At least 10 people have been reported killed and 15 injured in Pakistan air raids against what the military...

British police will ask Muslim women to help persuade young people not to fight in Syria, in a new campaign to halt...

Kiev authorities must “immediately” deescalate the situation in southeast Ukraine by withdrawing its troops from the region, Russia’s Foreign Ministry has said,...

The coup-appointed Kiev government’s order to use force against Ukrainian citizens is “criminal,” the Russian Foreign Minister told RT. He also denied...

A dud air bomb found in the ceiling of a 16th-century church is being deactivated by the Emergency Ministry engineer combat squad...

Amnesty International, the UK-based human-rights group, has accused Qatar for failing to protect migrant domestic workers, saying they are exposed to a...

The US is to deliver 10 Apache attack helicopters to Egypt, relaxing a suspension of aid imposed after the military removed Mohamed...

Violence broke out in a Rio de Janeiro slum after its residents lit fires and threw homemade explosives to protest the earlier...

The US has urged North Korea not to threaten regional peace by conducting new nuclear tests, saying it is monitoring the Korean...

Proposed measures include a dedicated hotline and stripping people of French nationality as deterrence and punishment. France has unveiled steps to stop...

There have been 26 nuclear-scale asteroid explosions in the Earth’s atmosphere between 2001 and 2013, according to a new report. The most...