A former leader of Afghanistan’s Mujahedeen on Saturday threw his hat into the ring for April presidential elections in the war-ravaged country. Announcing his candidacy, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, leader of the Hezb-e-Islami party, sharply criticized the current Kabul government and vowed to...

The planned second summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un needs to make tangible progress on Pyongyang's nuclear weapons if it is to avoid being dismissed as "reality TV", analysts say. Their summit in Singapore in June was undoubtedly historic, the...

Turkey has justifiable security interests in northeastern Syria, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said Friday amid calls for a buffer zone the area. Guterres said any solution must take into account Syria's territorial integrity, the "legitimate security concerns" of Turkey, and...

The terrorist, who killed dozens of policemen in an attack in Colombia, is a member of an armed rebel left-wing organization in the country, officials said Friday. The latest information on Thursday's terror attack was shared at a press meeting at the Presidential Palace Casa de Narino,...

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has canceled a congressional trip to Afghanistan to visit U.S. service members there after the Trump administration leaked plans of the visit to the war-ravished country, her office said Friday. U.S. President Donald Trump a day earlier barred Pelosi and a group...

A top aide of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has arrived in Washington for a meeting with U.S. secretary of state on Friday, media reports said. Kim Yong-chol and his team flew from Beijing directly to Washington for a three-day stay in the capital, Yonhap news agency reported. The...

Paul Manafort, the convicted former chairman of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, told a business associate in January 2017 he was using middlemen to get people appointed to the Trump administration, according to a court filing on Tuesday. US Special Counsel Robert Mueller had been...

Vietnam's premier has said his country is willing to host a much-anticipated second summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. One of North Korea's top generals Kim Yong Chol is expected to meet with Trump at the White House on Friday to hash out details...

Colombia Friday is mourning the loss of 21 policemen in one of the deadliest terrorist attacks in recent years. Dozens were also injured Thursday in the attack on General Santander Police Academy in the capital Bogota before a graduation ceremony. Prosecutors identified the attacker as...

More than 130 US House Republicans joined Democrats Thursday in opposing the easing of sanctions against an ally of Russia's Vladimir Putin, dealing a rebuke to President Donald Trump's administration. The Democratic-controlled chamber overwhelmingly voted 362 to 53 approving the bill that...

Russia's President Vladimir Putin on Thursday backed a mutual solution for Kosovo which has been a long disccused issue in the Balkans and European countries. Putin's remarks came in a joint news conference with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic in capital Belgrade. He said Russia on...

An estimated 36 million of a total population of 41 million children in Ethiopia are multi-dimensionally poor, which means they are deprived of basic goods and services, says a new report released on Thursday by the Central Statistical Agency of the country and UNICEF. A joint press release...

U.S. President Donald Trump halted a planned international trip by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday as a growing row between the leaders over funding deepened. Pelosi's trip was to include stops in Brussels, Egypt and Afghanistan. Trump said in a letter to the top House lawmaker...

Twelve agents from Venezuela’s intelligence service have been remanded into custody for briefly detaining the National Assembly chief, according to the Supreme Court on Thursday. According to the webpage of the court, the Bolivarian Intelligence Service (SEBIN) agents were remanded over the...

U.S. President Donald Trump may invite North Korean leader Kim Jong-un for a second summit, Washington Post reported Thursday. Kim Yong-Chol, considered the right-hand man of the North Korean leader, is expected to deliver a letter when he travels to Washington by the end of the week....

Venezuela‘s president has raised the country’s minimum wage by 300 per cent as part of routine wage increases as his government battles hyperinflation. Nicolas Maduro increased the minimum wage to 18,000 bolivars, around £5.20, per month amid an economy suffering from annual inflation...

A Japanese volcano erupted on Thursday, spewing ash and smoke six kilometres into the air over a small southern island. There were no reports of injuries or damage from the eruption on Kuchinoerabu, in the far south of Japan. A local official said there had been no evacuations on the...

A fresh group of at least 700 Honduran migrants headed for the U.S. arrived Wednesday at Agua Caliente border crossing on the Guatemalan frontier, according to La Prensa newspaper. Migrants who held proper documents for travel were allowed to cross into Guatemala as border guards have taken...

The number of refugees that have arrived in Sudan from Ethiopia has reached 1,500, the Khartoum-based Al-Shuruq satellite channel reported Thursday. The channel said Ethiopian refugees have been facing tough humanitarian conditions following their decision to flee the Amhara region...

The death toll from a terrorist attack on a hotel complex in the Kenyan capital Nairobi has risen to 21, the country’s top law enforcement official said late Wednesday. "Six other bodies were found at the scene. One police officer succumbed to his injuries while undergoing treatment," said...