A military chief of a self-proclaimed Russian-backed republic in eastern Ukraine was killed in an "act of terror" Wednesday, the latest victim of a string of similar attacks, local authorities said. The dead man was Mikhail Tolstykh, 36, head of the notorious "Somali" battalion and a leading...

Impeached President Park Geun-hye’s office on Wednesday threatened to withhold cooperation from prosecutors investigating her after details of their inquiry were leaked, local media reported. News reports claimed earlier that investigators would question Park over abuse of power...

Support for Scottish independence rose last month after British Prime Minister Theresa May came out in favor of Britain making a clean break with the European Union, a BMG survey for Herald Scotland showed on Wednesday. It indicated 49 percent of Scots now support independence - a 3 point...

(Daily Mail)- Boris Johnson yesterday said he was 'sickened' by reports that Bashar al-Assad's regime tortured and hanged 13,000 political prisoners in four years. Amid compelling evidence that the Syrian president's henchmen carried out an unprecedented 'policy of extermination', the Foreign...