London - An invitation for US President Donald Trump to visit Britain still stands despite his cancellation of a planned visit next month, Prime Minister Theresa May's office said on Friday. "The...

Berlin - German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives and the centre-left Social Democrats reached a breakthrough early Friday to begin official coalition talks, party sources told dpa.  ...

Brussels - Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif is due Thursday to meet his counterparts from Germany, France and Britain, as well as EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini, to discuss the...

Antalya, Turkey - The Syrian government offensive against the rebel stronghold of Idlib threatens to jeopardize combined Turkish, Russian and Iranian efforts for peace ahead of upcoming talks,...

Washington - US President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he didn't think Oprah Winfrey would run for president, in response to speculation about the talk-show host mounting a presidential bid. "I...

Cairo - At least 200 Egyptian lawmakers on Tuesday endorsed President Abdel Fattah al-Sissi to run for a second term in office, state-run newspaper al-Ahram reported online.   Al-Sissi, an...

Bangkok  - Fugitive former Thai prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra, who fled the country after being convicted of criminal negligence, is taking refuge in Britain, the Thai military government...

TUNIS (dpa)- Flights by the Dubai-based Emirates Airlines will resume to and from Tunisia after the country lifted a ban it imposed two weeks ago amid a row over barring Tunisian women from...

Cairo - Iranian winner of the 2003 Nobel Peace Prize, Shirin Ebadi, has called on her compatriots to take up civil disobedience amid anti-government protests. In remarks to Saudi-owned newspaper...