Israel was defiant Sunday over a U.N. vote demanding it halt settlements in Palestinian territory, after lashing out at U.S. President Barack Obama over what it called the "shameful" resolution. The Security Council passed the measure Friday after the United States abstained, enabling the...

South Korea's special prosecutor investigating a corruption scandal involving President Park Geun-hye said on Sunday it had no choice but to raid the presidential offices, Yonhap News reported. Special prosecutors are investigating allegations that Park colluded with a friend, Choi Soon-sil,...

A Tu-154 aircraft of the Russian Defense Ministry has crashed in the Black Sea after it disappeared from radar, regional emergency service said Sunday. "The debris of the Tu-154 found in 1.5 km from Sochi coast," the service was quoted as saying by the country’s official TASS news...

Status Quo guitarist Rick Parfitt died in hospital on Saturday after suffering a severe infection, his family said. The veteran rocker, who had survived numerous health scares, was 68. He was taken into hospital in Marbella on the south coast of Spain on Thursday due to complications with a...