Category : International News

 (David Pike, AP   personnel have regained control of a South Texas prison where inmates had set fires and caused significant damage after taking over...

No casualties caused by blaze at the Torch in Marina district, which was brought under control after several hours. The fire reportedly started on the...

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon speaks during a press conference with King Salman bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on Feb. 8,...

A still from a video released by ISIS purportedly showing the execution of 21 Egyptian Christians on the shores of the Mediterranean sea. TWITTER Italy...

Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe delivers his policy speech at the lower house of parliament in Tokyo February 12, 2015. CREDIT: REUTERS/THOMAS PETER. BY ELAINE...

The two Al Jazeera journalists still in prison in Egypt have been released on bail. Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed remained behind bars after their...

President Obama’s draft resolution to authorize the use of military force against ISIL is important, and it’s important for our country that we work with...

Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief, Valerie Amos, briefs journalists on her visit to South Sudan. UN Photo/Isaac GideonContinued conflict in South Sudan risks...

By Haitham el-Tabei (AFP)   Australian Peter Greste freed and a Canadian colleague close to release, the other Al-Jazeera journalist arrested in Cairo faces languishing...

French President François Hollande called on the international community on Thursday to fulfil its “duty” to take action against Islamist extremists in Africa, saying that...

By Maria Khan Iran’s former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad eyes possible return to politics and launches his official website and Instagram account.Getty Images In a move...

Participants at the Libya dialogue, Palais des Nations, Geneva, on 27 January 2015. UN Photo/Jean-Marc Ferré Participants in the United Nations-facilitated Libyan political dialogue in...

The international community has not yet found the antidote to the poison that led to genocide 70 years ago, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon lamented...

Wide view of the Security Council Chamber. UN Photo/Loey Felipe (file) The United Nations Security Council today condemned in the strongest terms the deadly terrorist...

  Briefing the Security Council on recent developments in Ukraine, Jeffrey Feltman, the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, called today for revival of the...

A new round of talks between rival Libyan factions will take place in Geneva on Monday, the United Nations said, even as gunmen kidnapped the...

Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird raised Fahmy’s case with his Egyptian counterpart on recent visit Mohamed Fahmy and two colleagues were arrested on Dec. 29,...