Long awaited UN-backed talks between Yemen's warring parties sputtered out yesterday before ever truly starting, after the Huthi rebels

Russia yesterday said it had "irrefutable information" Syrian rebels were planning an imminent "provocation" in Idlib province to justify

Two Russians accused by London of trying to kill a former double agent with nerve agent posed as businessmen to obtain visas to visit Britain for the attack, a report said yesterday.

The head of Germany's domestic intelligence agency yesterday raised doubts about reports of a "hunt on foreigners" by neo-Nazi mobs in a flashpoint city last month, directly contradicting Chancellor Angela Merkel.

The number of Britons who describe themselves as belonging to the Church of England has fallen to a record low with more than half now saying they have no religion, according to a survey.

A tense truce within German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative camp imploded yesterday after her hardline interior minister defended protests marred by neo-Nazi violence and blasted immigration as "the mother of all political problems".

Russia on Wednesday accused the United States of 'destructive' meddling in Nicaragua's affairs for calling a UN Security Council meeting on the crisis in the Central American country.

British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt says he would host talks at the UN this month over allegations Myanmar's military committed genocide against the Rohingya minority, warning the perpetrators must be brought to justice.

Former Chilean President Michelle Bachelet, who took the helm of the UN human rights office on Monday, will need a strong voice in confronting populists and crises marked by war crimes, activists said.

Spain said yesterday it has cancelled a 2015 deal to sell 400 laser-guided bombs to Saudi Arabia, which is leading a coalition fighting rebels in Yemen.

Europe's biggest news agencies yesterday accused Google and Facebook of "plundering" news for free in a joint statement that called on the internet giants to share more of their revenues with the media.

Europe's biggest news agencies accuses Google and Facebook of "plundering" news for free in a joint statement that called on the internet giants to share more of their revenues with the media.

China has blocked access to the website of Australia's national broadcaster for breaching Beijing's internet rules and regulations, ABC

Chancellor Angela Merkel yesterday urged Germans to stand up against the far right's message of hate and division, after the eastern

Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit strategy means disaster for Britain, her former foreign secretary Boris Johnson said, as critics at

Spain's prime minister yesterday proposed holding a referendum in Catalonia on greater autonomy for the wealthy region but ruled

Matilda Hagerman laughs with her friends as she queues at a man-free music festival, which kicked off in Sweden in protest against a wave of sexual assaults at festivals in recent years.

French children who are going back to school after summer vacation will have to do so without their mobile phones.

An Afghan man is shot by police at Amsterdam's central station after stabbing two American tourists had a "terrorist" motive, city officials say.

A fire erupted Saturday at a refinery in southern Germany following an explosion, injuring at least eight people and forcing authorities to evacuate almost 2,000 local residents, police said.