North Korea on Thursday accused the South of unleashing more than 450 machine gun rounds at a flock of birds in an "armed provocation" at the tense Demilitarized Zone, after Seoul's forces fired...
Newcastle United have wrapped up the permanent signing Christian Atsu from Chelsea on a four-year deal. The 25-year-old Ghanaian was on loan with the Magpies this season and helped his side clinch...
A new documentary warns of Israel's slow "suicide" if it pushes ahead and annexes large swathes of the West Bank. "West of the Jordan River", by acclaimed Israeli director Amos Gitai, claims the...
US President Donald Trump's emphatic embrace of Sunni Arab regimes and his vilification of Iran mark a stark departure from the vision of his predecessor Barack Obama in the volatile region, analysts...
Spanish mountaineer Kilian Jornet has set the record for the fastest ascent of Mount Everest without fixed ropes or extra oxygen. Jornet climbed Everest's north face in just 26 hours , his team...
Spanish mountaineer Kilian Jornet has set a record for the fastest ascent of Mount Everest without fixed ropes or supplementary oxygen, climbing the world's highest peak in just 26 hours, his team...
An Indian has climbed Mount Everest twice in under a week in what may be a new woman’s record for the fastest double ascent. Anshu Jamsenpa, a 37-year-old mother-of-two, reached the summit on 16...
Israeli ministers have approved measures aimed at improving the Palestinian economy and facilitating crossings, rare moves said to be at Donald Trump's request hours ahead of the US president's...
North Korea Sunday test-fired a ballistic missile which travelled some 500 km, just a week after a previous launch sparked international condemnation and threats of tougher UN sanctions. South...
An Indian climber Sunday reached the summit of Mount Everest for the second time in less than a week, her expedition team said, setting a women's record for a double ascent of the world's highest...
Australia's role as a testing ground for global media giants such as the New York Times, Daily Mail and the Guardian could hasten the decline of embattled local players as they fight for eyeballs and...
Brazil is reeling from a dramatic new twist in its ongoing political crisis. Amid calls for his resignation from the public and politicians alike, President Michel Temer is now under investigation by...
Israel on Thursday released thousands of previously classified official documents charting political decisions during the 1967 Six-Day War when it occupied the West Bank and east Jerusalem. Made...
Turkey on Thursday hit back at German threats to pull its troops out of a key NATO base on its soil, saying it would "not beg" them to stay. Ankara and Berlin are locked in another spat over Turkey's...
Chances are good that if you’re traveling to the UK on business, you’ll want a bit of free time to explore the country’s many attractions. If so, you’re embracing the new “bleisure”,...
President Michel Temer of Brazil has denied a newspaper report that he approved payments to silence a possible witness in a corruption inquiry. He was accused of authorising illicit payments to a...
American investment firm Hellman & Friedman has kicked off a bidding war for Australia's Fairfax Media by making a multi-billion-dollar offer to rival private equity company TPG Capital's proposal,...
Agent Pedro Pinto has told the Daily Mail that defender Rashid Sumaila could still join Rangers, despite being contracted to Al Qadsia until 2019. Gers boss Pedro Caixinha will be looking to...
Controversial new US ambassador to Israel David Friedman arrived in the country on Monday to take up his post, days ahead of a visit by US President Donald Trump. Friedman, due to present his...
President Donald Trump is set to nominate Callista Gingrich, wife of former House speaker Newt Gingrich, to be the next US ambassador to the Vatican. The nomination is expected to be formalized...
