Paris - By Pol O Gradaigh, - An international task force against money-laundering and the funding of terrorism on Friday gave Iran four months to pass new laws or face sanctions. The Financial Action...

Moscow - A Russian court on Friday prolonged the detention of suspected US spy Paul Whelan, who has been held in Moscow since late last year.   Whelan, 48, was detained in Moscow in December on...

Syrian regime forces have executed the Syrian paediatrician Mahmoud Satu after he was indicted for treating and feeding the children of Aleppo when its eastern districts were controlled by the...

Copenhagen - The Danish government said it cannot prevent its citizens who travelled abroad to fight for the Islamic State terrorist group from returning home. The question of what countries should...

Belgrade (dpa) - The European Union and United States on Thursday urged Albanian political leaders to avoid violence during a protest in the capital city. "We reaffirm the right of citizens to engage...

Bogota (dpa) – Criminals attacked a tourist lodge in Peru's Amazon region and briefly took about 40 US and Chinese tourists hostage, local media reported on Wednesday.   The attackers, who were...

London - The family of Shamima Begum, the British teenager who ran away to join Islamic State in Syria but now wants to return, have received a letter from the Home Office saying it intends to...

New York (dpa) - Yemen's warring parties have agreed on the first phase of redeployment from key areas around Hodeida, the UN said on Monday.   The UN described the deal between the Yemeni...

Tel Aviv - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has given up the post of foreign minister for the first time since he took office almost four years ago, appointing Transportation Minister Israel...