Voters in France are heading to the polls in local elections seen as a litmus test for next year's presidential vote. A main ...

Religious brother Joshy George Pottackal, born in India, is to become the first auxiliary bishop of non-European heritage.

In Vietnam's one-party system, the most powerful posts are usually determined by senior Communist leaders ahead of the vote.

Long, daily blackouts ignited by a US oil blockade have pushed Cuban residents to the edge. On Friday, Havana acknowledged ...

One of Germany's greatest postwar intellectuals, he continuously argued for a robust and inclusive democracy. His passing ...

Founded in 1951, the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) was dominated for decades by men with Nazi pasts. Today, the BKA is ...

Three key moments that shaped Iranian and American attitudes toward each other — and show why mistrust endures.

Pakistan's military said it intercepted "rudimentary drones" from Afghanistan. It comes a day after Pakistan launched deadly ...

Iran na ci gaba da yin ruwan bama-bamai a kan muradun Amurka da ke kasashen yankin Gulf a daidai lokacin da yaki ke kara ...

The US embassy in Caracas has raised the Stars and Stripes for the first time after a hiatus of seven years. Washington's top diplomat said it marked a new era in relations with Venezuela.

The ballistic missile launches came days after Pyongyang had warned of "terrible consequences" over US-South Korea joint military drills.

No injuries were reported in what Amsterdam's Mayor Femke Halsema described as a "deliberate attack." It follows an arson attack on a synagogue in Rotterdam a day earlier.