948 migrants rescued off Libya coast

Libya's coastguard has rescued nearly 1,000 migrants who were on boats in distress in the Mediterranean on their way to Europe, the navy said on Monday.Three separate operations took place on Sunday …

Koreas mark war anniversary in mood of detente, North drops anti-US rhetoric

The two Koreas on Monday marked their war anniversary in a mood of detente, with Pyongyang dropping its customary anti-US rhetoric and Seoul saying talks have begun on moving the North's artillery ba…

North and South Korea discuss reunion meetings for divided families

Delegations from North and South Korea met on Friday for talks to arrange the first reunions in about three years for families separated by the Korean War, with the Red Cross paving the way.The effor…

UN says Venezuelan security forces killed hundreds

Venezuelan security forces have carried out hundreds of arbitrary killings under the guise of fighting crime, the UN says in a new report.The UN's human rights body says it has credible accounts of s…

Police arrest man claiming to have a bomb at London rail station

British police said on Friday they had arrested a man at London's Charing Cross railway station who claimed he had a bomb."A man claiming to have a bomb at #CharingCross station has now been arrested…

Indonesian cleric sentenced to death over 2016 IS-claimed terror attack

Indonesian cleric Aman Abdurrahman was sentenced to death Friday for masterminding a 2016 Islamic State terror attack that saw a suicide bomber blow himself up at a Starbucks cafe.Heavily armed polic…

Female charity workers gang-raped in India

Five women working for a charity in remote eastern India were abducted and gang-raped at gunpoint, police said Friday, in the latest horrific sex assault in the country.The women said in their compla…

Israeli's Prime Minister's wife charged with fraud - justice ministry

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's wife Sara was charged on Thursday with fraud and breach of trust after a long police probe into allegations she falsified household expenses, the justice m…

Pope Francis seeks 'unity' with other christian denomination in Geneva

Pope Francis vowed on Thursday to seek deeper "unity" between the Catholic Church and other Christian faiths as he arrived in Geneva, a centre of Protestantism, amid Christianity's waning influence i…

South Korean court declares killing dogs for meat illegal

A South Korean court has ruled the killing of dogs for meat is illegal, in a landmark decision that animal rights activists said Thursday could pave the way to outlawing eating canines.The meat has l…

New Zealand prime minister gives birth to healthy baby girl

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern gave birth to a baby girl in an Auckland hospital Thursday, becoming only the second world leader to do so while in office.It was the first child for the 37-…

Russia warns against Trump's 'alarming' plans for US space domination

Russia on Wednesday expressed alarm over US President Donald Trump's call for the United States to dominate space exploration and his plan to create a separate branch of the military called a Space F…

Divers, underwater drone join Indonesia's search for 192 missing in ferry disaster

Divers and an underwater drone on Wednesday joined a fleet of rescue vessels in Indonesia's search for at least 192 passengers missing two days after an overcrowded wooden ferry sank in one of the wo…

Yet another White House aide leaves Trump's administration

The White House on Tuesday announced the latest departure from President Donald Trump's administration: deputy chief of staff Joe Hagin, who played a key role in organizing the historic summit with N…

Germany foiled bio attack with Tunisian arrest: police

A Tunisian man arrested in Germany in possession of the deadly poison ricin and bomb-making material was planning a biological attack, the national police chief said Wednesday."Very concrete preparat…

30 Afghan security forces killed in Taliban attacks

Taliban fighters killed around 30 Afghan security forces in multiple attacks in western Afghanistan, officials said on Wednesday, the deadliest clashes since the militant group ended its ceasefire.Mi…

190 reported missing in Indonesia ferry dissaster, search still ongoing

More than 190 people are now thought to be missing after Monday's ferry disaster on Lake Toba, on the Indonesian island of Sumatra.The number, revised up from 130, is three times the number of passen…

North Korea gift shops remove anti-American souvenirs after Singapore summit

Following the unprecedented and historic summit between Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un, the first between a sitting US president and North Korea leader, Western tour guides/operators in the North Korea…

Yemen pro-govt take control of Hodeida airport

Emirati-backed Yemeni government forces seized Hodeida airport from Huthi rebels on Wednesday, the coalition said, in a major step towards retaking the key Red Sea port city."The airport was complete…

Afghan Taliban launch first attack since Eid ceasefire

The Taliban have launched their first attack on Afghan security forces since the militants ended the ceasefire they declared for the Eid festival.The number of casualties is unclear, but some officia…