International

U.S. President Donald Trump’s defence secretary warned North Korea on Friday of an “effective and overwhelming” response if it chose to use nuclear weapons, as he reassured South Korea of steadfast U.S. support. “Any attack on the United States, or...

A soldier on Friday shot and wounded a man armed with a machete who was trying to enter the Louvre museum in central Paris, police said. Police sources told the Reuters news agency that the man had been trying...

Strong shelling hit both government- and rebel-controlled areas of eastern Ukraine in a continued escalation of the country’s fighting. International monitors issued a sharp call for the sides to still their guns. “Unacceptable! ... Sides have to stop fighting!” the...

US President Donald Trump has sparked a fresh diplomatic row -- this time with Australia -- by branding a refugee deal with the country as “dumb”, days after holding a heated conversation with Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull. Senior US officials...

Israeli police on Thursday broke into a synagogue where about 200 Israeli protesters had barricaded themselves in the West Bank outpost of Amona, as authorities sought to complete a court-ordered evacuation of the unauthorized settlement. The evacuation began Wednesday but...

Russia is a key political and economic partner in the endeavour to realise the comprehensive development of the Middle East and support its stability, Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the UAE Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation,...

Pressure on French presidential candidate Francois Fillon to pull out of the election race intensified on Thursday as some lawmakers in his own camp urged him to abandon his scandal-tainted bid to save the conservatives from defeat. The scandal, which...

A Romanian cabinet minister resigned on Thursday, testing the stability of the month-old leftist-led government after 250,000 people came out in protest over a decree that could effectively amnesty dozens of officials accused of corruption. The government order, hastily adopted...