The United States Tuesday requested an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council after North Korea declared that it had successfully tested its first intercontinental ballistic missile, the U.S. mission said. The meeting is expected to take place on Wednesday around 3 pm (1900 GMT)....

Turkey appeared to toughen its stance in talks to reunify Cyprus by insisting Tuesday that it won't sign up to any deal involving the withdrawal of all its troops from the ethnically divided Mediterranean island nation. At talks to end Cyprus' 43-year ethnic divide at the Swiss ski resort of...

The international community must work harder on North Korea, British foreign minister Boris Johnson said on Tuesday, describing Pyongyang's latest missile test as an example of the grave danger it poses to neighbouring countries. North Korea said it successfully test-launched an...

Russia and China have agreed a joint position on North Korea designed to defuse tensions around its missile program and both want Washington to halt deployment of a missile shield in South Korea, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday. Moscow and Beijing had agreed on the need for a...