Edward Snowden has alleged the National Security Agency (NSA) engaged in industrial espionage. In an interview with Germany's ARD TV…
UN mediator at the Geneva peace talks Lakhdar Brahimi has announced that Syria will allow women and children to leave…
Thai protesters have surrounded polling stations, blocking early voting ahead of next week's general election, officials say. One of their…
Sao Paulo police say they have detained 128 people during clashes that followed a demonstration against this year's football World…
Prominent human rights activist Xu Zhiyong has been sentenced to four years in prison, a Chinese court has ruled. Xu…
Leading dissident Jose Daniel Ferrer has been arrested after meeting European diplomats in Havana, pro-democracy activists in Cuba say. The…
Two people have been shot dead at a shopping centre in Maryland. After the gunman opened fire, he apparently took…
France’s President Francois Hollande has confirmed his separation from Valerie Trierweiler. Francois Hollande told the French news agency AFP that…
Syrian government and opposition representatives have met briefly face to face in Geneva in what is being hailed a small…
The Philippines’ government has agreed the final section of a peace deal with Muslim rebels fighting a long-running insurgency in…