Saudi Arabia urged global action to end Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime, telling US Secretary of State John Kerry the civil war had turned into... Read More
Kevin Rudd has ousted Prime Minister Julia Gillard as leader of Australia's Labor Party.
He won 57 votes in a leadership ballot called by Gillard, who... Read More
Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro said he would consider an asylum request from US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden if the country receives one.
Ecuador's... Read More
US and Afghan officials say they are committed to talks with the Taliban, despite an assault on a CIA station and government buildings on Monday.
The... Read More
Rescuers are making a push to reach thousands still stranded by flooding and landslides in northern India, as officials prepare to hold mass funerals for... Read More
Militants have attacked the presidential palace and government buildings in the Afghan capital, Kabul.
More than half a dozen explosions were... Read More
An Italian court sentenced Silvio Berlusconi to seven years in jail and banned the former premier from public office after convicting him of paying for... Read More
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has accepted the resignation of Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah, who has been in office less than a month.
He offered... Read More
At least 3 people have been killed and more than a 100,000 forced to flee their homes as floods triggered by torrential rain hit western Canada.
Officials... Read More
The death toll from flooding and landslides following heavy monsoon rains in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand has passed 500.
The state's... Read More
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will travel to India on June 23rd to co-chair the fourth annual India-U.S. Strategic Dialogue.
Kerry's spokesperson... Read More
China backed US President Barack Obama's call for the US and Russia to slash their atomic arsenals, saying the two former Cold War rivals should... Read More
The World Bank yesterday, warned that severe hardships from global warming could be felt within a generation, with a new study detailing devastating... Read More
US President Barack Obama has called for greater efforts to be made to reduce US and Russian nuclear arsenals.
Speaking at the Brandenburg Gate during... Read More
The UN says 7.6 million people became refugees in 2012, with the total number now higher than at any time since 1994.
A report from the office... Read More
At least 28 people have been killed and 57 others wounded in a suicide bomb attack at a funeral in north-west Pakistan.
The dead included a provincial... Read More