Russia hailed Donald Trump when he came to power as the leader who could help restore battered ties between Moscow and Washington. But the US president's surprise missile strike in Syria against the...
A woman and her children displaced by fighting in South Sudan sit outside her tent at the Kule camp The U. N. refugee agency reports spreading violence in South Sudan’s East Equatoria region is...
More than 6,000 people have fled fighting in southern South Sudan, with refugees recounting the slaughter of civilians by armed forces, the United Nations refugee agency said Friday. Fighting between...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday welcomed the US strike on an airbase of the Syrian regime but said it was not enough and more action was needed. "I want to say that I welcome this...
The Philippines' military said Friday that it plans to upgrade and improve facilities on islands it already occupies in the disputed South China Sea, not embark on a new land grab. Philippine...
Turkey on Friday welcomed a US missile strike on a Syrian regime airbase in retaliation for a suspected chemical attack, calling for a no-fly zone in the country to prevent further bloodshed. Turkish...
Six people were killed and serious damage caused by a US missile strike on a Syrian air base in the centre of the country early Friday, Syria's army said. "At 3:42 am (0042 GMT) the United States...
The US has carried out a missile strike against a Syrian air base in response to a suspected chemical weapons attack on a rebel-held town. Fifty-nine Tomahawk cruise missiles were fired from two US...
The missile strike against a Syrian air base marks the first time the United States has directly attacked the regime of President Bashar al-Assad. Here is what we know so far about the target and the...
Record numbers of GP practices closed last year, forcing around 265,000 patients to move, data suggests. A Freedom of Information request by Pulse magazine revealed 57 practices closed in 2016, with...
Voting to leave the European Union was a "bad decision" for the UK, the Irish foreign minister has said. Charlie Flanagan said Brexit could be "painful" for the UK and his country, which he added...
After fleeing to Egypt from the war devastating their country, more Syrians are abandoning migration to the West fearing racism and culture shock, and instead are settling in Cairo. Mohamed Amin, 43,...
The US has carried out a missile attack against targets in Syria in response to a suspected chemical weapons attack on a rebel-held town. A Pentagon official said about 50 Tomahawk cruise missiles...
The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) has confirmed that a group of 35 people, mainly women and children from Eritrea who were held for nearly six months after fleeing a former Islamic State group stronghold...
Republican plans to introduce a US border adjustment tax have auto giants General Motors and Fiat Chrysler looking for clarity, company executives said this week. Tax plans advanced by some...
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has called on Russia to use its "considerable influence" to end fighting in eastern Ukraine after a renewed surge in violence there. Moscow-backed rebels and...
Russia has said its support for Syrian president Bashar al Assad is "not unconditional" in the wake of a suspected chemical weapons attack that has provoked widespread condemnation. The comment from...
The Islamic State group shot down an Iraqi helicopter operating over Mosul Thursday, as security forces announced they recaptured another neighbourhood in their nearly six-month-old offensive against...
The Chinese smartphone-maker Huawei has won a patent victory over its South Korean rival Samsung. A Chinese court in Quanzhou has ordered the Galaxy S8-maker to pay 80m yuan ($11.6m; £9.3m) to...
A Chinese court has ordered Samsung Electronics’s (005930. KS) mainland subsidiaries to pay 80 million yuan ($11.60 million) to Huawei Technologies for patent infringement, the China firm’s...
