Robin Williams has been found dead in an apparent suicide at his California home, aged 63. Marin County Police in…
Liberia will receive ZMapp, an untested experimental Ebola drug, to treat infected patients, the government announces. The move came after…
The Kremlin announced it was working with the Red Cross on sending a humanitarian aid convoy to Ukraine and EU…
Iraqi President Fuad Masum has asked the deputy speaker of parliament, Haider al-Abadi, to form a new government. Haider al-Abadi…
Rioting over the killing of Michael Brown - an unarmed black teenager - by a police officer has erupted in…
The US has begun directly providing weapons to Kurdish forces who have started to make gains against Islamic State (IS)…
A 72-hour ceasefire has come into effect between Israel and the Palestinians in Gaza, after a day of intense diplomacy.…
Recep Tayyip Erdogan has won Turkey's first direct presidential election. With almost all the votes counted, current PM Recep Tayyip…
The US military has carried out a third round of airstrikes on Sunni Muslim militants to defend civilians in northern…
Palestinian negotiators at Cairo ceasefire talks said they would leave on Sunday if Israel did not attend without preconditions. Talks…