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...

Iraq's government is preparing a complaint to the U.N. after finding Israel is "certainly" behind several attacks on Hashed al-Shaabi bases, a parliamentarian and leading member of the paramilitary force said. The Hashed has blamed both Israel and the U.S. for a string of blasts and...

Sebastian Vettel hopes to re-boot his and Ferrari's season this weekend in pursuit of his first victory in more than a year as Formula One returns to action at the Belgian Grand Prix. The four-time world champion won last year?s race at the majestic Spa-Francorchamps circuit, but has been...

Hong Kong police have banned a mass pro-democracy rally from going ahead on Saturday over public safety concerns, organisers said, after last weekend saw some of the worst violence in three months of political unrest in the financial hub. In a letter to the Civil Human Rights Front (CHRF)...