French authorities warned another wave of "great violence" and rioting could be unleashed in Paris this weekend by a hard core of 'yellow vest' protesters, as senior ministers sought to defuse public anger with conciliatory languages on taxes.

The top United Nations human rights official Michelle Bachelet yesterday said that her office is seeking access to China's Xinjiang region to verify "worrying reports" of re-education camps holding Uighurs and other Muslim minorities. China says security measures are needed to combat the influence of "extremist" groups that incite violence there.

The United States warned Russia on Tuesday it will withdraw from a major Cold War treaty limiting mid-range nuclear arms if Moscow does not dismantle missiles that Washington says breach it within 60 days.

US President Donald Trump's top diplomat promised on Tuesday a new democratic world order in which Washington will strengthen or jettison international agreements as it sees fit to stop "bad actors" such as Russia, China and Iran from gaining.

British Prime Minister Theresa May was accused yesterday of misleading MPs over her Brexit deal as her government published legal advice likely to increase opposition to the agreement ahead of a crucial vote next week.

France's prime minister yesterday suspended planned increases to fuel taxes for at least six months in response to weeks of

Nations facing imminent environmental disaster on Monday called on rich polluters to help them back from the brink, as the UN

Governments must protect citizens from the killer effects of climate change, movie tough guy-turned-statesman Arnold Schwarzenegger

A Frenchman at the centre of a scandal that led to the postponement of this year's Nobel Literature Prize was yesterday found guilty on

For many visitors to New York, Times Square is a must-see. For one British man, it was where his romantic marriage proposal went

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Saturday he saw no end to the conflict in eastern Ukraine "as long as the current authorities

With the direst environmental warnings yet still ringing in their ears, nations gathered in Poland yesterday for a UN summit aimed at

President Emmanuel Macron rushed to the Arc de Triomphe yesterday after one of France's most revered monuments was vandalised

British government minister Sam Gyimah quit late Friday over Prime Minister Theresa May's "naive" Brexit plan, dealing her another blow in her fight to pass it through parliament.

Two-thirds of all children in Central African Republic need emergency aid, the UN said yesterday, sounding an alarm about the impoverished country's worsening "neglected" crisis.

Prime Minister Theresa May yesterday said it was up to MPs to decide whether Britain leaves the European Union next March with no deal despite the potentially catastrophic impact.

President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen yesterday pleaded guilty in a New York court to misleading Congress over the ongoing Russia investigation.

German prosecutors raided several Deutsche Bank offices in the Frankfurt area yesterday over suspicions of money laundering based on revelations from the 2016 "Panama Papers" data leak.

Global temperatures in 2018 are set to be the fourth highest on record, the UN said yesterday, stressing the urgent need for action to rein in runaway warming of the planet.

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko yesterday accused Russia's Vladimir Putin of wanting to annex his entire country and called for Nato to deploy warships to a sea shared by the two nations.