The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued a powerful new directive urging nations to eliminate coercive psychiatric ...

Officials say Ukraine and Russia have targeted each other with long-range strikes amid continuing uncertainty about whether ...

The death toll from a huge explosion that rocked one of Iran’s main ports has risen to 46 people killed. Iranian state ...

Police say at least seven people were killed and 16 wounded after a powerful bomb went off outside the office of a pro-government peace committee in a former stronghold of ...

Cardinals arriving for the first day of meetings after Pope Francis’ funeral were swarmed at the city-state’s gates by ...

Palestinian envoy tells UN court that Israel is killing, displacing civilians and targeting aid workers in Gaza.

The humanitarian needs of hundreds of thousands of survivors remain desperately pressing a month after Myanmar’s deadly ...

China and the Philippines on Monday defended their claims to a disputed reef in the South China Sea, after Manila accused ...

China's leaders have shrugged off the potential impact from U.S. President Donald Trump's trade war, saying they have the ...

Red-robed cardinals were expected on Monday to pick a date for the conclave to elect a new leader of the world's 1.4 billion ...

Israel's foreign minister blasts world court hearing on Gaza as part of 'persecution and delegitimization' of Israel.

A 4-month-old gray seal named Witje swims gracefully through one of nine new tanks at the World Heritage Centre, a recently ...