London - British lawmakers have backed a cross-party amendment that allows them to hold votes on possible alternatives to Prime Minister Theresa May's unpopular Brexit deal.   The House of...

Bangkok (dpa) - Thailand's election commission has delayed the announcement of full preliminary results from the weekend's general election until later in the week and refused to address complaints...

Tel Aviv - By Tamara Zieve and Sara Lemel, - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will cut short his visit to Washington after a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip hit a house in central Israel,...

Stockholm - Helicopter evacuations from a cruise ship off the coast of Norway have been halted as the vessel is slowly towed to port by tug boats, the country's maritime emergency service says....

London - Hundreds of thousands of people from all around Britain are expected to hit the streets of London on Saturday to call for a second referendum on Brexit.   The number of marchers calling...

New York - UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres praised the rescue workers trying to save lives in the wake of the devastation that cyclone Idai caused across southern Africa.   "I have been...

  Washington (dpa) - US President Donald Trump tweeted he is withdrawing newly imposed sanctions targetting North Korea. The tweet referred to "additional large scale Sanctions" announced by...

Geneva - The UN Human Rights Council decided Friday to increase the presence of UN monitors in the Gaza strip, after a report found that Israel's shooting of Palestinian protestors could amount to...

Beirut - US secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrived Friday in Beirut for talks with Lebanese leaders expected to focus on Iran and its local ally Hezbollah as Washington tries to build a regional...