Turkey on Sunday commemorated the seventh death anniversary of Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus' founding father Rauf Denktas, who passed away in 2012 . "I remember the founding President of Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, and pioneer of Cyprus cause Rauf Denktas, at seventh...

The president of the opposition-controlled but sidelined National Assembly was released less than an hour after being arrested by Venezuelan intelligence agents on Sunday, his  wife said. Juan Guaido had directly challenged the legitimacy of Nicolas Maduro as the president was sworn in...

  A transatlantic tiff over Europe's natural gas supply came to the boil  Sunday, as Donald Trump's ambassador to Germany threatened firms involved in a pipeline from Russia with sanctions. At stake is a mixture of economic and security interests for Moscow, Washington, Berlin and...

- A U.S.House of Representatives committee will look into a news media that the FBI investigated whether President Donald  Trump has been working on behalf of Russia, against U.S. interests, the panel's Democratic chairman said on Saturday. The New York Times reported that the probe...

 The head of the junior partner in Greece’s ruling coalition announced his resignation from his post as defense minister on Sunday in protest over a deal to end a dispute over the name of neighboring Macedonia.   Party chief of the Independent Greeks (ANEL) Panos Kammenos...

The ongoing partial government shutdown became the longest closure in U.S. history Saturday as President Donald Trump continues to insist on funding for his border wall, a demand Democrats staunchly resist. Another pay-less pay day came and went Friday for the 800,000 federal workers...

A new generation anti-ship Chinese missile, which Pakistan Navy is going to induct in 2021, will serve as a “deterrent” but simultaneously aggravate an already escalating arms race between the nuclear-armed neighbors, Pakistan and India, analysts said. The CM-302 -- capable of flying at...

Democratic congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard, an Iraq war veteran who met dictator Bashar al-Assad in Syria during that country's devastating civil war, said Friday that she is launching a US presidential bid. "I have decided to run and will be making a formal announcement within the next...

President Donald Trump is edging closer to declaring a national emergency to fund his long-promised border wall, as pressure mounts to find an escape hatch from the three-week impasse that has closed parts of the government, leaving hundreds of thousands of workers without pay. Some...

Thousands of people marched in Argentina on Thursday to protest hikes in water, electricity and natural gas prices. Many joined the call to protest by workers’ and teachers' unions as well as political parties and non-governmental organizations. People gathered in the main...

  (Reuters) - U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday rebuked President Donald Trump for threatening to block disaster aid for California, a state recently ravaged by deadly, destructive wildfires whose mostly Democratic political leaders often spar with the...

You might assume a government shutdown that is about to set an unwelcome record, and is being battled over funding for a border wall most Americans oppose, just might leave President Donald Trump itching to make a deal. You would be wrong. In a combative exchange with reporters...

U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened to use emergency powers to bypass Congress and get billions of dollars to pay for a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border, as a partial U.S. government shutdown over the issue stretched into its 20th day. As he departed Washington for a trip to...

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne said on Thursday there was no timeframe for the assessment of the case of Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun, a Saudi woman who fled to Thailand saying she feared her family would kill her.  The U.N. refugee agency has referred...

U.S. President Donald Trump walked out of talks with Democratic congressional leaders on Wednesday over funding for a border wall with Mexico, and said on Twitter the White House meeting to end a government shutdown was "a total waste of time." U.S. President Donald Trump walked out of...

After being stranded at sea for almost three weeks with 49 migrants and refugees on board arrived in Malta on Wednesday. Maltese Prime Minister Joseph Muscat said on Wednesday that they will be re-distributed among eight European Union countries. The migrants, including a baby and several...

The Kremlin said Wednesday that it expected Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to visit Russia for talks with President Vladimir Putin soon, but that no date had yet been agreed. Russia and Turkey are both major players in the conflict in Syria and in September reached a...

When an 18-year-old Saudi asylum seeker arrived in Bangkok she faced immediate deportation -- but instead she is in the hands of the UN refugee agency, her social media savvy galvanising a global campaign that caught the Thai government flat-footed. Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun fled the...

World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) officials will return to Moscow on Jan. 9 to retrieve laboratory data it required, Russia's minister of sport Pavel Kolobkov said Monday. Access to the lab and data before the end of 2018 was a condition of WADA's September decision to reinstate the...

The death toll from the powerful storm Usman that triggered landslides and flash flood in the Philippines has climbed to 126, Chinese official news agency reported on Sunday. Xinhua cited the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) as saying that 26 people...