Survivors of the 1945 US atomic bombings in Japan have welcomed the awarding of the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN). But they have also...

Jerusalem - By dpa correspondents - Palestinian protesters, some burning tyres and throwing stones, clashed Friday in Jerusalem, Gaza and on the West Bank with Israeli security forces who used live...

Brussels - By Helen Maguire and Bill Smith, - Britain and the European Union appeared late Thursday to be closing in on a Brexit divorce deal, amid a flurry of diplomatic activity between London,...

Istanbul - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned his US counterpart on Thursday that might does not make right, as he announced his intention to engage in diplomacy over Washington's...

Sydney - By Subel Bhandari, - - Australia's parliament voted on Thursday in favour of a bill to legalize same-sex marriage, paving the way for gay and lesbian couples to tie the knot as early as next...

Washington - Two major US-Jewish lobbying organizations displayed opposing reactions to President Donald Trump's decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and begin the process of...

Washington - US President Donald Trump's move to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital and to move the US embassy there fulfills a more than two-decade-old law passed by the US Congress calling for...

Ramallah - Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas said the United States has "withdrawn" its role in Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts, following US President Donald Trump's decision to...

Madrid - By Carola Frentzen and Pablo Sanguinetti, - Spain's Supreme Court on Tuesday withdrew a European arrest warrant for Catalonia's ousted separatist leader, Carles Puigdemont, and four of his...