The Taliban have dismissed a government call for a Ramadan ceasefire in Afghanistan, saying a truce is "not rational" as they ramp up attacks on government forces. Afghan President Ashraf Ghani appealed to the militants to lay down their arms for the Islamic holy month that began Friday, as...

Prime Minister Boris Johnson faces the biggest conundrum of his premiership as he recuperates from COVID-19: how to lift a lockdown that is destroying swathes of the British economy without triggering a deadly second wave of the outbreak. Johnson, 55, is on the mend at his country residence...

Italy is to ease its coronavirus lockdown, the toughest and longest in Europe, over the next four weeks, media reported Friday although there was no official confirmation. "The next four Mondays will mark the country's reopening" following the lockdown implemented last month to slow the...

An Iraqi man believed to have belonged to Daesh (ISIS) went on trial in Germany Friday accused of genocide and murdering a child belonging to the Yazidi minority who he held as a slave. Taha al-Jumailly, 27, also stands accused of crimes against humanity, war crimes and human trafficking in...