Nigerian schools have been ordered to remain closed until October 13 as part of measures to prevent the spread of…
IMF chief Lagarde has been placed under formal investigation in France for her alleged role in a long-running political fraud…
A 9-year-old girl from Arizona has killed her shooting instructor by accident while being shown how to use an Uzi…
Two Chinese Y-8 maritime patrol planes violated Taiwan’s airspace on August 25, officials said, causing Taiwan to scramble jets. Taiwan…
Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko says a "roadmap" will be prepared to end fighting between troops and pro-Russian separatists in the…
Israel and Hamas have agreed a long-term ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. The truce, ending seven weeks of fighting that…
France’s President Francois Hollande has named a new cabinet under Prime Minister Manuel Valls, dropping ministers who rebelled against austerity…
President Barack Obama has authorized surveillance flights over Syria in order to gain intelligence on the activities of Islamic State…
Russia has admitted for the first time that ten Russian soldiers captured in eastern Ukraine had crossed the border "by…
Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko has dissolved parliament and called snap elections for October 26, as government forces continue to fight…