Report says Eleven people were arrested in southern Mexico on Tuesday after the mayor of their village was dragged out of his office, beaten, and then tied to a pickup […]

Two people have been killed after a gunman opened fire outside a synagogue in Germany. Worshippers were marking Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish […]

The killing of two people outside a synagogue in Germany on Wednesday has been characterized by the UN Secretary-General as “another tragic demonstration of anti-Semitism.” The […]

A 9-year-old child accused of causing a mobile home fire that killed three children and two adults in central Illinois has been charged with five counts […]

Italian politicians have backed a radical overhaul of the country’s parliament that will see around a third of them losing their job. The long-awaited reform, overwhelmingly […]

Report says, opposition parties won the night in Kosovo’s election on Sunday, taking the lead over former guerrillas who have dominated politics for the past decade. […]

‘Women leaders four times more likely to be shown naked on screen – Plan International and Geena Davis report The world’s most popular films are sending […]

Five Vatican employees, including the number two at the Vatican’s Financial Information Authority and a senior member of clergy, have been suspended following a police raid, […]

Peru’s vice president resigned and called for elections Tuesday, hours after parliament appointed her to lead the fight against the president’s dissolution of the body amid […]

A spike in the number of refugees reaching Greek island reception centres is likely to worsen the situation in already “dangerously overcrowded” facilities there, the UN […]

At least two people have died in a fire at a Greek island refugee camp that triggered rioting by angry residents. A woman and a child […]

Authorities in the northern French city of Rouen, where a massive fire this week ravaged a chemicals factory, banned the harvesting of crops and sale of […]

Three Christians in Iran urge believers to pray for them as they and another Christian convert each received six-month prison sentences for their faith and Christian […]

Jacques Chirac, the former French president whose later years were blighted by corruption scandals, has died aged 86. His son-in-law said the French President Jacques Chirac […]

The call for the establishment of an International Anti-Corruption Court, IACC has been made by stakeholders and participants, who gathered at a High-Level Side Event in […]

Thousands of student protesters have taken to the streets of Indonesia to oppose a controversial draft criminal code that would make consensual sex outside of marriage illegal and […]

Report says at least 20 people have died and hundreds were injured after an earthquake hit Pakistani-controlled Kashmir. The tremor tore through roads and shook buildings.Raja […]

More than two dozen people have died in riots in Indonesia’s restive Papua region, authorities said Tuesday, as thousands fled to shelters following violence that saw […]

Six people died in Turkey after a military vehicle carrying migrants for deportation overturned near the Syrian border, officials said Tuesday. Another 27 people including two […]

Describing it as an “important landmark” on our “journey to health for all”, Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday welcomed the UN Political Declaration on universal health […]