Any nuclear attack by North Korea would trigger an "effective and overwhelming" response, U.S. Defence Secretary James Mattis said Friday as he sought to reassure Asian allies rattled by President Donald Trump's isolationist rhetoric. Mattis spoke in the South Korean capital of Seoul on the...

A Trump administration effort to exclude violent white supremacists from a government anti-terrorism program and focus efforts solely on Islamist extremism drew a sharp backlash Thursday, with New York state's top prosecutor denouncing the move and civil liberties advocates suggesting it is...

U.S. immigration officials have postponed interviews with asylum seekers in an Australian camp on the Pacific island of Nauru since President Trump's executive order on immigration, suggesting Washington is already blocking progress on a controversial refugee resettlement deal. The deal...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday rebuked German Chancellor Angela Merkel for using the expression "Islamist terrorism", saying the phrase was not correct and saddened Muslims. Speaking after a critical bilateral meeting with Erdogan, Merkel spoke of the need for Turkey and...

The U.N. envoy for Iraq says military operations to liberate Iraq from ISIS will be coming to an end "in the rather short foreseeable future." Jan Kubis told the U.N. Security Council Thursday that "the days of the so-called ISIL are counted," using one of the acronymns for the militant...

More than 1,400 migrants have been rescued in the Mediterranean within 24 hours, Italy's coast guard said Thursday, as EU leaders prepared for a summit on stemming the flow of boats from North Africa to Europe. The coast guard said more than 1,300 people had been rescued Wednesday from 13...

An Afghan woman whose husband cut off her ears said Thursday she was seeking donations for treatment abroad, as activists condemned the latest gruesome incident to highlight the abuse of women in the conservative country. Zarina, 23, was still hospitalised in the northern city of...

A top adviser to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Thursday Iran will not yield to U.S. threats over a ballistic missile test. Iran said Wednesday it had tested a new ballistic missile but said it did not breach a nuclear deal reached with six major powers in 2015 or a U.N. Security...

Russian plane maker Sukhoi has repaired defects in 20 Superjet 100 aircraft that were grounded in December by airlines including Russia's Aeroflot and Mexico's Interjet, the company said Thursday. Checks by Russia's aviation authority were instigated in late December after a defect was...

U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said he would sound out ally South Korea on efforts to address North Korea's nuclear and missile programs as he arrived in Seoul Thursday, including plans to deploy a U.S. missile defense system there. Mattis' visit comes amid concern that the North may be...

On his first trip to the European Union since the U.S. presidential election, Russian President Vladimir Putin Thursday is heading to Hungary, the nation whose leader has cozied up to Moscow despite Russia-West tensions. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, a populist dubbed "little Putin"...

EU leaders meeting in Malta Friday will face the challenge of how to work with a chaotic Libya and reluctant sub-Saharan African countries to prevent a feared upsurge of migrant smuggling to Europe. Here is how the central Mediterranean smuggling route that runs mainly from Libya to Italy...

(Daily Mail)- New Yorkers showed their solidarity with Muslim women today by donning stars and stripes headscarves at rally on World Hijab Day - just days after President Trump's controversial travel ban. Dozens of women gathered on the steps of City Hall on Wednesday on the fifth year of...

In the midst of a furious Middle East war nearly 70 years ago, a group of Israeli and Egyptian officers put down their guns, ate lunch together and discussed the prospects for peace in the region, according to a documentary film that premiered in New York last month. The group included two...

NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg on Wednesday urged Russia to use its influence with pro-Moscow rebels in eastern Ukraine to halt what he called the worst upsurge in fighting in a long time. "We call on Russia to use its considerable influence with the rebels to bring the violence to an end,"...

(Wall Street Journal)- Russia has reinforced its military presence on the ground in Aleppo with a police unit drawn largely from the Muslim-majority region of Chechnya, part of a bid to win hearts and minds in Syria. Recent video footage by a Russian-language news agency shows the...

(The Guardian)- A Tunisian man suspected of involvement in the Bardo Museum attack in Tunis has been arrested in Germany during large-scale police raids. The 36-year-old, who has not yet been named, was arrested in the early hours of Wednesday morning. He did not resist arrest, according to...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Wednesday that Syria's return to the Arab League would allow the organisation to play a role in finding a political solution to the country's conflict. "The League could play a more important, more effective role if the Syrian government was part...

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani dismissed his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump as a political novice on Wednesday, stepping up criticism of the Republican's immigration policies including a temporary travel ban on Iranians. Tehran has already said it will take legal, political and reciprocal...

(Fox News)- Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard said Tuesday she will personally cover the cost of her recent trip to Syria. Gabbard, a Democrat, met with Syrian President Bashar Assad while on the trip. A release sent out by her office late Tuesday said she will reimburse a group called...