North Korea threatened to "retaliate against the U.S. with tremendous muscle" if it didn't cancel multinational military exercises scheduled to begin Monday.

 Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday pledged to end the "termite of corruption" and tackle black money issue, and said "Team India" -- a team of 125 crore Indians -- ...

The US has reopened its embassy in Cuba more than 54 years after it was closed, in a symbolic step signalling the warming of ties between both countries.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe acknowledged that Japan inflicted “immeasurable damage and suffering” on innocent people in World War II, but stopped short of offering his own apology, drawing criticism from ...

American hostage Kayla Mueller was repeatedly forced to have sex with Abu Bakr Baghdadi, the leader of the Islamic State group, US intelligence officials told her family in June. The ...

The Islamic State jihadist group claimed responsibility for a Thursday truck bombing in Shiite-majority area of northern Baghdad that officials said killed at least 38 people.

Afghanistan’s intelligence agency claims Pakistan was involved in last week’s attacks on Kabul that killed more than 50 people and wounded hundreds. Hassib Sediqi, the spokesman for the National Directorate ...

As a ban continues in India on Nestle’s Maggi noodles, the US health regulator USFDA has said its tests have found the lead level in the popular instant food within ...

Former US president Jimmy Carter has said he has been diagnosed with cancer that has spread to other parts of his body. Carter, 90, the 39th president, had a mass ...

Huge explosions at a warehouse for dangerous materials in the northeastern Chinese port of Tianjin killed at least 17 people, injured hundreds and sent massive fireballs into the night sky, ...

Animal lovers around the world are coming together to celebrate elephants and support a future where they’re respected and protected for the fourth annual World Elephant Day this August 12,2015.

Dutch prosecutors said Tuesday they have found what they believe could be parts of a Buk missile system at the site in eastern Ukraine where Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was ...

More than 11,000 people had been evacuated by Tuesday from parts of Argentina’s largest province after heavy weekend rains caused rivers to rise precipitously, a top official said.

Hillary Clinton has agreed to hand over to the FBI the private email server that she used as secretary of state.

"An agreement has been reached. Some minor details are being discussed right now," a Finance Ministry official told reporters after marathon overnight talks between Greece and lenders in Athens.

China has ordered 120 songs to be pulled from the Internet, including tracks titled "Don't Want to Go to School" and "All Must Die" because they promoted sex, violence or ...

Protesters regrouped in Ferguson, Missouri, on Monday evening after a state of emergency was declared, aimed at preventing a repeat of violence the night before on the anniversary of the ...

Japan has restarted its first nuclear reactor under new safety rules following the 2011 Fukushima disaster.

Unknown armed individuals on Monday opened fire on the US consulate in Istanbul, television reported, with tensions high in Turkey due to Ankara`s bombing campaign against Kurdish rebels.

 A 6.9-magnitude earthquake struck off the Solomon Islands on Monday, the US Geological Survey said, but there was no Pacific-wide tsunami warning issued for the tremor-prone region.