Haute-couture designer and fashion icon Karl Lagerfeld dies at 85

2019/02/19 14:37:02

German haute-couture designer Karl Lagerfeld, artistic director at Chanel and an icon of the fashion...

Indian air force planes collide in air show rehearsal, one pilot dead

2019/02/19 14:35:42

Two Indian Air Force planes collided in mid-air in the southern state of Karnataka on Tuesday while ...

Tanzanian court sentences Chinese 'Ivory Queen' to 15 years for smuggling

2019/02/19 14:33:13

A Tanzanian court sentenced a prominent Chinese businesswoman dubbed the "Ivory Queen" to 15 years i...

Two hundred families trapped by Islamic State in Syria, U.N. says

2019/02/19 14:26:58

Some 200 families are trapped in a shrinking area of Syria controlled by Islamic State, whose forces...

May heads to EU on Wednesday to push for Brexit breakthrough

2019/02/19 14:15:09

Prime Minister Theresa May will meet top EU official Jean-Claude Juncker in Brussels on Wednesday, p...

No need for Shinzo Abe: Trump already nominated for Nobel Peace Prize

2019/02/19 14:01:03

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is not saying whether or not he nominated Donald Trump for this y...

U.N. says fighting, instability have displaced 100,000 in Burkina Faso

2019/02/19 13:58:50

More than 100,000 people have been displaced by factional fighting and lawlessness in Burkina Faso, ...

Poland pulls out of Israel summit in row over WW2 role

2019/02/19 13:48:00

Poland pulled out of a planned summit in Israel after Israel's acting foreign minister said on Monda...

For Yazidi survivors of Islamic State killings, the nightmares go on

2019/02/19 14:36:08

Ever since Islamic State visited death and destruction on their villages in northern Iraq nearly fiv...

South Korea ready to resume inter-Korean cooperation to help denuclearization: Yonhap

2019/02/19 14:35:11

South Korean President Moon Jae-in said his country is ready to resume inter-Korean cooperation if i...

Orban urges end to Israeli-Polish rift over Poland's WW2 role

2019/02/19 14:30:53

Hungarian leader Viktor Orban urged Poland and Israel on Tuesday to resolve their dispute over accus...

Factbox: Europeans who joined Islamic State

2019/02/19 14:22:42

The fate of foreigners who joined Islamic State has become an increasingly urgent issue as U.S.-back...

UK PM May's spokesman: May-Juncker meeting is important step in Brexit process

2019/02/19 14:15:09

British Prime Minister Theresa May's meeting with European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker ...

U.S. lawmakers say Trump-era transatlantic rift mere family 'squabbles'

2019/02/19 13:59:34

A delegation of U.S. lawmakers sought to reassure European allies in Brussels on Tuesday that differ...

Vandals desecrate 90 Jewish graves in east France ahead of marches

2019/02/19 13:55:22

Vandals have daubed swastikas and anti-Semitic slogans on around 90 graves in a Jewish cemetery in e...