Papua New Guinea police raided a shuttered Australian detention camp yesterday, removing dozens of refugees in

The party of ousted Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont now favours talks with Madrid to achieve independence

Argentina's navy yesterday confirmed that an unusual noise heard in the ocean near the last known position of an Argentine navy

Vladimir Putin yesterday called for "concessions and compromise" from all parties in Syria's six-year conflict as he kicked off a key summit with the leaders of Turkey and Iran aimed at reviving stuttering peace negotiations.

German police yesterday arrested six Syrian refugees suspected of preparing a terror attack in the name of the Islamic

President Vladimir Putin said the Russian army had "saved Syria as a state" after meeting with leader Bashar al-Assad in Russia, as Syrian regime forces take an upper hand over rebels and the Islamic State group.

North Korean women are deprived of education and job opportunities and are often subjected to violence at home

British finance minister Philip Hammond is to announce £75 million ($99 million, 84 million euros) funding for Artificial Intelligence and plans to put driverless cars on UK roads by 2021, in his budget speech.

Chancellor Angela Merkel will make a last push yesterday to forge a government, in a twin battle to save her political future and avert fresh elections that could destabilise Germany and Europe.

Over 250 migrants making the dangerous crossing to Europe were rescued Friday off Spain, with several other vessels

German Chancellor Angela Merkel resumed complex coalition talks yesterday in a last-ditch effort to forge a government and avert a political crisis in Europe's biggest economy.

Australians have voted overwhelmingly for same-sex marriage, paving the way for legislation by the end of 2017 and

Russian MPs yesterday backed new legislation that could force foreign media outlets to register as "foreign agents"

Irish musician and Live Aid supremo Bob Geldof yesterday returned his Freedom of the City of Dublin scroll in a protest

The powerful boss of Romania's ruling left, Liviu Dragnea, is being investigated for abuse of power and embezzlement of

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan met in Sochi yesterday, with

France and Germany edged toward achieving a 70-year-old ambition to integrate European defenses yesterday,

France marked two years yesterday since its worst ever terror attacks, releasing colourful balloons into the sky to remember the 130 people killed on a Friday night out in Paris.

EU Brexit chief Michel Barnier yesterday said he is making contingency plans for the "possible" failure of divorce talks

Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy yesterday said he wanted to return to a "democratic and free" Catalonia as he