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Ukrainian state prosecutors said on Tuesday they had opened a criminal investigation against a Russian law enforcement agency, accusing it…

Afghanistan's new government led by President Ashraf Ghani was on Tuesday due to sign a long-delayed bilateral security agreement with…

At least 36 people are feared to have died after a Japanese volcano erupted without warning at the weekend, raining…

President Barack Obama admitted Sunday that the United States underestimated the threat posed by Islamic State fighters in Syria, as…

President Barack Obama on Sunday gave voice to the conundrum at the heart of his Syria policy, acknowledging that the…

Afghanistan inaugurated its first new president in a decade on Monday, swearing in technocrat Ashraf Ghani to head a power-sharing…

Riot police advanced on Hong Kong democracy protesters in the early hours of Monday, firing volleys of tear gas after…

US-led air strikes hit grain silos and other targets in Islamic State-controlled territory in northern and eastern Syria overnight, killing…

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has secured a temporary peace in the troubled east which he says gives him a chance…

Hong Kong riot police used pepper spray to disperse protesters around government headquarters on Saturday, fuelling tension ahead of a…