At least 34 Afghan asylum seekers arrived in their home country after being deported from Germany a day earlier, a Kabul airport official said. The group was the first to arrive back in Afghanistan...
They're the islands where World War II never ended and now they're the focal point of a rare meeting between the leaders of Japan and Russia. Russian President Vladimir Putin makes his first visit to...
China has warned that it's "seriously concerned" after President-elect Donald Trump questioned whether the United States should keep its long-standing position that Taiwan is part of "one China."...
President-elect Donald Trump has questioned whether the US should continue its “One China” policy, sparking fury from Chinese state media. Under the policy, the US has formal ties with China...
Downing Street has said Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson's comments on Saudi Arabia do not represent "the government's position". Footage has emerged from an event last week at which Mr Johnson said...
The women were serving as medics at a field hospital in western Aleppo. A mortar struck the hospital on Monday. A Russian paediatrician seriously wounded in that attack also received the medal. A...
The move is to allow for the evacuation of civilians trapped in the battle zone. Mr Lavrov said some 8,000 people would be taken out. Government forces have retaken 75% of east Aleppo in recent weeks...
Boris Johnson has accused Britain's ally, Saudi Arabia, of engaging in "proxy wars" in the Middle East. The Guardian newspaper has published footage in which the foreign secretary talks of...
Rescuers are continuing their search for survivors in Indonesia's Aceh province a day after a powerful quake struck the area killing 97 people. The magnitude 6.5 tremor damaged or toppled more than...
An undersea earthquake off Indonesia’s Aceh province has killed at least 24 people, with dozens feared trapped in rubble, authorities said. The 6.4 magnitude quake struck near the town of Sigli on...
A badly damaged building is seen after a 6.5-magnitude earthquake struck At least 25 people were killed in an earthquake that struck Indonesia's Aceh province Wednesday morning according to the head...
US President-elect Donald Trump has posted a series of tweets criticising China for its monetary policy and its operations in the South China Sea. "Did China ask us if it was OK to devalue their...
Floods in Thailand have killed 14 people and badly affected southern holiday islands as the country heads into the December-January high season for tourism, authorities said on Tuesday. A low...
China lodged a diplomatic protest on Saturday after U. S. President-elect Donald Trump spoke by phone with President Tsai Ing-wen of Taiwan, but blamed the self-ruled island Beijing claims as its own...
China's success at turning around relations with the Philippines under its new president Rodrigo Duterte show the "conspiracies" of certain countries to stir up trouble in the South China Sea have...
Syrian government forces have retaken the largest rebel-controlled district in eastern Aleppo, state media report. The capture of Masaken Hanano, in north-east Aleppo, could give Syria's army...
The Black Stars’ defeat to Egypt in the 2018 World Cup qualifiers cost the team a significant fall in the FIFA ranking for the month of November. The Black Stars are down eight places on the world...
Archaeologists in Egypt have unearthed what they describe as a city that dates back more than 5,000 years, containing houses, tools, pottery and huge graves. It lies by the River Nile, close to the...
Indian army soldiers run to take their positions near the site of a gun battle. At least nine civilians were killed and nine injured in Pakistan-administered Kashmir when an Indian artillery shell...
Egypt’s highest appeal court has overturned a life sentence handed down to ousted President Mohammed Morsi. The Court of Cassation ordered that the 65-year-old be retried on the charge of...
