Factbox: Issues leading to the tailspin in U.S.-Turkey relations

2018/08/10 22:09:31

Turkey is a key NATO ally to the United States, but the countries' bilateral relationship has become...

A Canadian tweet in a Saudi king's court crosses a red line

2018/08/10 21:39:11

For years, Canadian pressure on human rights in Saudi Arabia had elicited no more than a standard re...

Colombia to ask U.N. for special envoy to manage Venezuelan migrant crisis

2018/08/10 21:34:29

Colombia will ask the United Nations to designate a special envoy to coordinate humanitarian aid for...

Cameroon probes video showing security forces apparently executing civilians

2018/08/10 20:28:58

Cameroon's government said on Friday it would investigate a video that Amnesty International said sh...

Pope meets with Chilean bishop and victims' advocate over Church sex abuse

2018/08/10 20:06:34

Pope Francis met in Rome on Friday with a Chilean bishop and a victims' advocate to discuss the Chur...

Iraq's Sadr retains election victory after vote recount

2018/08/10 01:15:12

Populist Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr has retained his lead in Iraq's May parliamentary election, ...

Brazil suffers record murder tally in 2017, ahead of election

2018/08/09 23:10:36

Brazil had a record number of murders last year, with homicides rising 3.7 percent from 2016 to 63,8...

Control immigration, but keep workers coming: UK employers

2018/08/09 23:08:25

Britain's leading employers' group said on Friday it accepted that Prime Minister Theresa May would ...

Iran test-fired anti-ship missile during drills last week: U.S. source

2018/08/10 21:48:56

Iran test-fired a short-range anti-ship missile in the Strait of Hormuz during naval drills last wee...

U.N. says it has credible reports that China holds million Uighurs in secret camps

2018/08/10 21:35:19

A United Nations human rights panel said on Friday that it had received many credible reports that 1...

Zimbabwe's Chamisa challenges election result; inauguration halted

2018/08/10 20:34:01

Zimbabwe's main opposition leader, Nelson Chamisa, filed a court challenge on Friday against Preside...

Colombia rebels must free kidnapped soldiers, police, Duque says

2018/08/10 20:11:43

The Marxist ELN rebel group must free nine hostages and stop all criminal activity if it truly wants...

China promoting own technical standards to aid nuclear push overseas

2018/08/10 01:39:13

China's State Council said it would promote the use of China's nuclear industry's independent techno...

Russia, China object to U.S. proposal to blacklist Russian bank at U.N.: diplomats

2018/08/10 00:43:33

Russia and China on Thursday objected to a U.S. proposal to add a Russian bank, Moscow-based North K...

UK voters should make final Brexit decision if talks with EU collapse: poll

2018/08/09 23:08:25

If Brexit talks break down without a deal, half of Britons believe the final decision over whether t...