Los Angeles (tca/dpa) - Demonstrations for the civil rights of black Americans that have gripped the country in recent days have spilled into the corridors of the New York Times, as writers protested...

Damascus - Syrian ground defences confronted an Israeli air attack in the countryside of north-western Hama province, Syrian state media reported late Thursday. The state-run Syrian News Agency...

Seoul - By Dirk Godder, North Korea has threatened to pull out of a military agreement with South Korea unless the government in Seoul takes action on activists sending leaflets into the reclusive...

New York - United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday called for the protection of refugees and internally displaced people, who he said are particularly hard hit by the...

Washington - Chinese passenger planes will be suspended from flying to the US as of June 16, according to an order issued by the Trump administration, in the latest sign of rising tensions between...

Berlin - Germany's governing coalition was on Tuesday set to debate an economic stimulus package - possibly worth 80 billion euros (89 billion dollars) - to soften the blow dealt by the coronavirus...

Weeks of arduous negotiations have not yet produced a deal to restructure Argentina's massive debt. Economy Minister Martin Guzman says Buenos Aires is open to proposals from its creditors, but it...

Berlin - The United States is preparing further sanctions in its campaign against the launch of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline between Russia and Germany, the US ambassador to Germany said in a...

Miami (tca/dpa) - A Miami federal judge has ordered US immigration officials to disclose whether the government's practice of transferring detainees from one facility to another has contributed to a...