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White House campaigns to win Senate confirmation of CIA nominee
President Donald Trump nominates Haspel to succeed Mike Pompeo
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US prisoner release would be goodwill move by North Korea: White House
US government is looking into reports that the Americans had recently been relocated
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Syria's war grinds on, no respite for civilians, UN says
Idlib region remains the largest populated area of Syria in the hands of insurgents fighting the Damascus government
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Dozens more caravan asylum seekers let in to US from Mexico
Seventy men, women and children were allowed into the crowded port of entry border
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Iran says will not renegotiate nuclear deal, warns against changes
European signatories to the deal have been trying to persuade Trump to save the pact
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Watch: Cooked fish 'comes back to life' at dinner table
'Fish flicks its tail, wiggles its body before leaping out of the dish'
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Trump confirms 'reimbursement' under porn star deal
Clifford signed hush agreement days before November 2016 presidential election
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Ten hurt in North London fire
The explosion may have been caused by a mobile phone
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Russian fighter jet crashes off Syria, both pilots killed: agencies
The ministry said the plane had not come under fire
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Afghan president launches new ID cards amid row over ethnicity
New system has been the subject of furious argument because it designates a holder's nationality as "Afghan"
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Cambridge Analytica to close after Facebook data scandal
CA vehemently denies exploiting data for Trump's election campaign, claiming it deleted data obtained in breach
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Focus on human rights fades as US, South Korea pursue North Korea deal
Past efforts to improve North Korea’s rights have often focused too much on political and social rights
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Pakistani student wins Emerging Young Leaders Award in US
The ceremony was held at the US State Department in Washington
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Back to the future: Rejuvenating China pushes Marxism as 'true path'
Xi has embraced the party’s founding ideology and has re-introduced study sessions that hark back to the Mao era
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100 killed as powerful storms ravage north India
Dust storms brings down feeble mud houses, killing people as they slept
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Iran envoy to UK warns it may scrap nuclear deal if US withdraws
Iran has always denied it sought a nuclear weapon, insisting its atomic programme was for civilian purposes
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Macron wants strategic Paris-Delhi-Canberra axis amid Pacific tension
Macron said the like-minded democracies should forge closer ties
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Slain Afghan journalists remembered on World Press Freedom Day
World Press Freedom Day serves as a reminder that much needs to be done for press freedom around the world
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China says to play positive role as it seeks North Korea resolution
China fully supports North Korea’s commitment to denuclearization on the Korean peninsula
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After Obama, a Nobel prize for Trump - or not so fast?
Trump's rejection of multilateralism, bombastic style, and vituperations disqualify him from Nobel race, say...
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Ex-NSA chief's startup raises $78m, helps defend US power grid
Five major US energy suppliers have deployed IronDome to help share data on cyber threats in real time, says founder
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Who are the three US detainees held by North Korea?
President Donald Trump hinted Wednesday of imminent news about three Korean-Americans detained in the North
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Cleaning up polluted soil is 'humanity's next great challenge'
Human activities contaminating some 5 million locations globally, says environmental scientist
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Basque separatist group ETA says it has 'completely dissolved'
ETA has completely dismantled all its structures, ending a 50-year guerrilla campaign
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More 'caravan' migrants enter US, Sessions sends judges to border
49 migrants including women, children and transgender people who had been waiting at the US gate for about 15 hours
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Trump has all but decided to withdraw from Iran nuclear deal: sources
Decision by Trump to end US sanctions relief would all but sink the agreement and could trigger a backlash by Iran
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Gunmen kidnap German nurse in Somalia capital
Gunmen appear to have evaded the compound's security guards and snuck the nurse out through a back entrance
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US returns thousands of smuggled ancient artefacts to Iraq
US Immigration and Custom Enforcement officials signs over artefacts to Iraqi Ambassador Fareed Yasseen
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Five reported dead in military plane crash near Savannah, Georgia
Georgia Air National Guard official confirm five people dead and four missing
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Trump replaces White House lawyer on Russia probe
Mueller is investigating Russia’s meddling in the 2016 US election
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Iowa passes 'fetal heartbeat' abortion ban, most restrictive in US
Senate voted 29-17 to pass the House of Representatives-approved bill
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US carries out first prisoner transfer from Guantanamo under Trump
Last time a prisoner left Guantanamo was in January 19, 2017
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Indian patient to be repatriated on Thursday five years after mistakenly crossing border
Journalists, rights activists on both sides of border played a key role in Jitendra’s repatriation
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Afghanistan’s first female pilot granted asylum in US after getting death threats
Niloofar Rahmani's family is also facing threats, forcing the whole family into hiding
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Malaysia's opposition leader Mahathir under investigation for 'fake news'
Malaysia in midst of intense campaigning for election that pits PM Najib Razak against Mahathir
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India using chemical weapons against Kashmiris: AJK PM
Demands an independent investigation into the matter and gross violation of human rights
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Cyprus hands Egypt ancient artefacts stolen in 1980s
Alabaster base embellished with King Ramses II name, antiquities ministry says
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White House condemns 'heinous' Afghanistan journalist killings
The murder of journalists and other innocent people is a great testimony to what it is we stand for, Sanders
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French President in 'delicious' faux pas on tour Down Under
The comment lit up social media, replacing discussion around the leaders’ deliberations on more weighty issues
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Russian military spending falls, could affect operations
Russia has dropped to fourth place in the ranking of the world’s biggest military spenders
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Through a fog of data, air of Indian cities' looks dirtiest
The WHO says nine out of 10 people on the planet breathe polluted air
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East Africa a bright spot as world crawls towards energy goals
Number of people living without access to electricity in 2016 was a billion, or 13 per cent of the global population
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India's Modi twice as popular on Facebook as Trump: study
Modi is by far the most followed world leader on the gargantuan social networking platform
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US troop withdrawal not linked to possible peace treaty
Moon and Kim agreed at a landmark summit last week to work on a permanent treaty to replace the armistice agreement
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As ETA prepares to disband Basque prisoners pine for home
The Spanish and French governments have long had a policy of jailing ETA prisoners
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Dissent a perilous path in Mozambique
"I was the victim of my words", a politics professor at Eduardo Mondlane University, said
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South Korea confirms arrival of F-22 stealth fighters for drill
North fears raptors may be used for surgical strikes
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Pope aide Pell could face two trials over abuse charges
Pell was one of the Pope Francis' most trusted aides
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Kanye West sparks new outrage in calling slavery 'choice'
40-year-old rapper, designer and husband of reality television star Kim Kardashian re-emerged on Twitter last month
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Privacy row: UK MPs pressure Zuckerberg to testify on Facebook data breach
Are investigating use of Facebook data by a British political consultancy