UN chief Antonio Guterres arrived Saturday in the troubled east of DR Congo, expressing "solidarity" with a region ravaged by violence and an Ebola epidemic. The secretary general started his three-day tour of Africa's largest country in Goma, the capital of North Kivu province, which is...

North Korea Saturday lashed out at US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo over his comments on Pyongyang's "rogue behaviour" and warned its expectations for nuclear talks with Washington are "gradually disappearing". Instead no progress has been made in recent weeks, as the reclusive state...

Taliban insurgents on Saturday launched a multi-pronged attack on Kunduz, a strategically important city in northern Afghanistan that has come under frequent assault since 2015. The ongoing attack came as the US and the Taliban continue to seek an agreement in Doha that would see...

Italy’s 5-Star Movement will only enter a coalition with the opposition Democratic Party (PD) if it agrees to a string of policy demands, the 5-Star leader said on Friday, setting an uncompromising tone for the negotiations. Luigi Di Maio’s hardline message dented growing optimism...