An annual march organised by far-right groups in Poland to celebrate the country's independence has been banned by Warsaw's mayor over security concerns. Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz said the event, which in previous years has attracted nationalists from all

Peru's former police chief Raul Becerra and a dozen others have been arrested for allegedly trafficking babies, the public prosecutor's office has said. The gang, which authorities named the "Soulless Human Traffickers", preyed on

BEIRUT: Tehran must withdraw all the forces it commands in Syria, and the US will focus on pressuring Iran financially and resisting its meddling in the region, the US envoy to Syria said on

BEIRUT: The Syrian regime has created a plan for the return of Palestinians to the war-ravaged Yarmouk refugee camp in southern Damascus, the deputy foreign minister said Tuesday. In an interview with Beirut-based broadcaster

LONDON: The United States accused Iranian oil tankers of turning off their maritime transponders to try and hide their movements after Washington imposed a wave of sactions on Tehran this week. US Special Representative for Iran Brian

President Donald Trump faces a new, more challenging political landscape in the US after midterm elections in which Democrats won a majority of seats in the House of Representatives on a surge of popular

In a race marked by voter suppression claims, racist robo-calls and unfounded hacking allegations, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams refused to concede to Republican Brian Kemp.  Neck-and-neck until the end, Abrams, a 44-year-old lawyer

Pakistani Christian woman Aasia Bibi, who spent eight years on death row for blasphemy, has been freed from jail, her lawyer said. "She has been freed. I've been told that she is on a

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has unanimously ruled to award a group of Roma people - victims of a 2002 hate attack - more than $200,000 in damages which will be paid

Counting is under way in Madagascar after millions of people cast their ballots in Wednesday's presidential election. Polling stations opened at 6am (03:00 GMT) and closed at 5pm for the election that took place as