French Defence Minister Florence Parly yesterday took aim at “gradual US disengagement” in the Middle East and said its failure to respond to provocations blamed on Iran set off a dangerous chain of events.

President Donald Trump said Friday he would support Secretary of State Mike Pompeo if he quit to run for Senate, as the top US diplomat becomes increasingly embroiled in the impeachment drama.

The United States is the world’s biggest source of instability and its politicians are going around the world baselessly smearing China, the Chinese government’s top diplomat said yesterday in a stinging attack at a G20 meeting in Japan.

At least 24 people, including seven children, have been killed by landslides triggered by unusually heavy rains in northwestern Kenya, a local governor says.

Adolf Hitler would have been able to put anti-Semitic advertisements on Facebook had the social network existed in the 1930s, according to British comedian and actor Sacha Baron Cohen.

South Korea yesterday decided against scrapping a critical military intelligence-sharing pact with Japan, in a dramatic 11th-hour U-turn that will come as a relief to the United States.

Biotech giant Monsanto on Thursday agreed to plead guilty to illegally using a banned and highly toxic pesticide on research crops at one of its facilities on the Hawaiian island of Maui and to pay $10 million in fines.

Rebel rocket fire on the government-controlled northern Syrian city of Aleppo on Thursday killed seven civilians and wounded 30, state

Nancy Izzo Jackson, a US State Department official in charge of Afghanistan, said Thursday that it supported continued Indian

Three anti-government protesters were killed in clashes with security forces on bridges across the Tigris in the Iraqi capital yesterday,

Pope Francis warned against the potential pitfalls of technology and the competition for young people’s “attention” yesterday, dedicating the final full day of his Thailand trip to engaging the next generation of Catholics.

Sri Lanka’s new president yesterday said that he will call a snap parliamentary election in March following his sweeping victory at the

Nearly 3,800 people were killed or injured around the world last year by improvised mines used by armed groups, marking the highest

Four in five adolescents worldwide do not get enough physical activity, to the detriment of their health, the World Health Organization said yesterday, warning that girls especially need more exercise.

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo urged Iranians on Thursday to send photos and other information documenting repression amid ongoing protests, while vowing to sanction “abuses” by the Islamic republic.

A fractured spine, paralysed leg, hole in the back: Hamza took to the streets of Iraq’s capital to demand a better life but now he has even less than ever.

China wants to reach an initial trade deal with the United States, President Xi Jinping said yesterday, but is “not afraid” to fight back when necessary and will enact economic reforms at its own pace.

President Donald Trump’s former Russia adviser urges lawmakers in the House of Representatives impeachment inquiry on Thursday not to promote “politically driven falsehoods” that cast doubt on Russia’s interference in the 2016 US election.

New ministers were inducted into Nepal’s government yesterday as part of a cabinet reshuffle by ailing Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli, who is trying to strengthen his grip, improve ties with a powerful ally and minimise internal party conflict.

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn unveiled his party’s election manifesto yesterday, setting out radical plans to transform Britain with public sector pay rises, higher taxes on companies and a sweeping nationalisation of infrastructure.