Joe Biden has made his presidential bid official in South Carolina. The former vice president filed his paperwork as a candidate in next year’s Democratic primary during a stop Friday at a soul food restaurant in Abbeville. Surrounded by a crush of media and lunchtime patrons at...

Israeli Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit on Thursday indicted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on charges which include bribery, fraud and breach of trust. Netanyahu was charged in three different cases by the Israeli Attorney General. In the first case known as 1000, which...

Billionaire Michael Bloomberg filed paperwork Thursday with the Federal Election Commission to run for U.S. president as a Democrat, the latest sign that the former New York City Mayor is joining the crowded nominating contest. The filing allows Bloomberg to raise money in a bid for the...

Israel's President Reuven Rivlin was set Thursday to task parliament with forming a government to avoid new elections, after Benjamin Netanyahu and rival Benny Gantz each failed to form a coalition. The country's political system has been in stasis since late 2018, with two elections...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has rejected an invitation by South Korean President Moon Jae-in to a regional summit next week, Pyongyang's state media said Thursday, in a stark illustration of the dire relations between the neighbours. South Korea is due to host a summit with Southeast...

Firefighters battled against hundreds of bushfires across Australia’s east coast on Thursday as scores of blazes sprang up in new locations, triggering warnings that it was too late for some residents to evacuate. In Sydney, the country’s most populous city, residents were urged to keep...

The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday passed two bills to back protesters in Hong Kong and send a warning to China about human rights, with President Donald Trump expected to sign them into law, despite delicate trade talks with Beijing. The House sent the bills to the White House...

 U.S. Special Representative for North Korea Stephen Biegun said Wednesday the window was still open for Pyongyang to negotiate with the United States over its nuclear program, but it needed to seize the moment. In remarks to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in his nomination...

UNICEF on Wednesday marked World Children’s Day to raise awareness on children’s rights. This year marks the 30th anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. “As we mark 30 years of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, let's also look ahead to the next 30 years...

Greece will shut down overcrowded refugee camps on its outlying islands and replace them with more restrictive holding centers, authorities said on Wednesday. Living conditions for thousands of people in camps on five Aegean islands have been decried by aid groups as appalling. The country...

Some anti-government protesters trapped inside a Hong Kong university Wednesday tried to flee through the sewers, where one student said she saw snakes, but fireman prevented further escape bids by blocking a metal manhole into the system. Reuters witnesses said fewer than 100 protesters...

A coalition government or new elections? Israeli incumbent prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and rival Benny Gantz traded blame over faltering talks Wednesday ahead of a midnight deadline. Former military general Gantz has until 11:59 pm (2159 GMT) to cut a coalition deal, or the country...

Russian Foreign Ministry slammed on Tuesday the U.S. decision to legitimize the illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank. The U.S. move undermines international basis of the Palestinian-Israeli settlement and will escalate the situation in the Middle East, the ministry said in...

The Afghan Taliban released two Western hostages Tuesday, Afghan government officials said, completing a delayed prisoner swap for three of the militant group's commanders and raising hopes for of a revival of efforts for peace. American Kevin King and Australian Timothy Weeks were...

Hong Kong’s embattled leader Carrie Lam said on Tuesday she hoped a standoff between police and a hold-out group of anti-government protesters at a university could be resolved and she had told police to handle it humanely. A last group of about 100 defiant protesters remained in the Hong...

North Korea said Monday it was not interested in meaningless talks with the United States just so President Donald Trump had something to boast about, urging an end to what it called a policy of hostility if the U.S. wanted dialogue. The comment by senior North Korean official Kim Kye Gwan,...

The impeachment inquiry of U.S. President Donald Trump shifts into higher gear this week when a parade of officials will face questioning by Democratic lawmakers seeking details that could link Trump to a pressure campaign against Ukraine potentially for his political benefit. Eight more...

Hong Kong police laid siege to a university on Monday, firing rubber bullets and tear gas to pin back anti-government protesters armed with petrol bombs and other homemade weapons from fleeing amid fears of a bloody crackdown. Dozens, choking on the tear gas, tried to leave the Polytechnic...

Four more people were killed in Bolivia over the past few days, bringing the death toll from the political unrest to at least 23, according to several reports Sunday.  The turmoil began in October, when President Evo Morales won a controversial fourth term in office. Protesters took to...

Russia is set to return Ukrainian navy ships seized a year ago, as it prepares for a summit to try and resolve the wider conflict between them, Interfax news agency said Sunday. "In accordance with agreements concluded with the Ukrainian side, three Ukrainian ships ... are being towed from...