UNITED NATIONS, New York: Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas on Thursday said Donald Trump's promise of a peace agreement contradicted decisions made by his administration since taking office, speaking at the United Nations General Assembly

Guatemala City - Guatemalan judges have unanimously ruled that the country's military carried out genocide and crimes against humanity, but in a 2-1 decision acquitted former intelligence chief Jose Mauricio Rodriguez of all charges. 

Americans seem to be holding an awkward and dehumanising national conversation on race on a regular basis. News and social media are constantly drawing attention to racist statements and incidents involving whites and people

Off the Libyan coast, not far from Benghazi, is a developing threat: a potential Mediterranean cyclone, or "medicane". On Thursday, gale warnings were issued for Greece's Crete and southern Italy, including Sicily. For the

Sao Paulo - In less than two weeks, Brazilian voters will head to the polls choose a new president. It's been a turbulent contest so far, packed with drama, including an assassination attempt on Jair Bolsonaro,

Saudi Arabia has demanded an apology from Canada for calling for the release of Saudi women's rights activists and that Canada stops treating the kingdom as "a banana republic" if it wants to resolve an ongoing

New Delhi (CNN)India is to launch a national register of sex offenders in a bid to combat a rise in reports of sexual violence against women and children, following nationwide outrage over a string

(CNN)A wave of joy and relief swept through India's LGBT community last week following a landmark decision by the country's Supreme Court to legalize consensual gay sex.The announcement that Section 377, a British colonial-era

JERUSALEM: Israel is ready to reopen a crossing point into the Syrian-controlled Golan Heights now that Syrian government forces have regained control from rebels, Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman said on Thursday.But Lieberman, on a

JERUSALEM: Israel is ready to reopen a crossing point into the Syrian-controlled Golan Heights now that Syrian government forces have regained control from rebels, Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman said on Thursday.But Lieberman, on a