Jordan hanged 15 death row prisoners at dawn Saturday, its information minister said, in a further break with the moratorium on executions it had observed between 2006 and 2014. Ten of those put to death had been convicted of terrorism offences and five of "heinous" crimes including rape,...

Scandal-hit French conservative candidate Francois Fillon this weekend will bid to keep his presidential hopes alive after more allies abandoned him and a possible replacement to him emerged from the shadows. Fillon will mark his 63rd birthday Saturday, but a day that his entourage would...

U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions will reply in writing to Senate Democrats' questions about his meetings with Russia's ambassador last year, the Justice Department said Friday after a top Republican denied Democrats' request for a public hearing. Nine Democratic senators sent a letter...

Malaysia on Saturday rejected any suggestion it may have violated sanctions imposed by the United Nations on North Korea, after a Reuters report that North Korea-linked firms were running an arms network in the country. Malaysia has for years been one of the few countries in the world to...