LONDON, Denis Hiault- A year after seeking refuge at the Ecuadorian embassy in London, Julian Assange remains fearful of US "revenge" over the WikiLeaks disclosures and aware that the diplomatic...

ENNISKILLEN- Western nations will push Russian President Vladimir Putin to sign up to action on Syria at the G8 summit or risk being left out in the cold, British officials said on Monday. British...

CASABLANCA- A Moroccan editor was handed a two month suspended prison sentence on Monday for defamation, after writing that an Islamist minister had organised a lavish, alcohol-fuelled dinner during...

JERUSALEM- Former US president Bill Clinton said during a visit to Israel on Monday that he saw "no alternative" to a Palestinian state. Speaking at an event in honour of President Shimon Peres' 90th...

LONDON, Anna Smolchenko- British Prime Minister David Cameron on Sunday insisted that G8 countries share enough common ground on the Syrian crisis to forge a consensus at the group summit, which...

BAGHDAD, Ahmed al-Rubaye- A wave of car bombs and shootings, mostly targeting Shiites, killed 28 people on Sunday as Iraq grapples with a spike in violence and prolonged political deadlock, sparking...

MOSCOW, Dmitry Zaks- Russia celebrated Sunday the 50th anniversary of the maiden flight of the first woman in space -- a Soviet national hero who went by the call name "Seagull" and captured the...

PHNOM PENH, Suy Se- Six ancient Syrian sites as well as Australia's Great Barrier Reef could be listed as endangered by UNESCO, which Sunday begins its annual session to decide which global cultural...

SYDNEY- A lost medieval city that thrived on a mist-shrouded Cambodian mountain 1,200 years ago has been discovered by archaeologists using revolutionary airborne laser technology, a report said...