Kurdish fighters are in control of the strategic Iraqi town of Sinjar after taking it from the so-called Islamic State group, witnesses said.
Associated Press...
Russian plans for a new submarine-launched nuclear torpedo shown on state-controlled TV were secret and should never have been aired, the Kremlin has said.
The...
Colombia plans to legalise the cultivation and sale of marijuana for medicinal purposes.
Justice Minister Yesid Reyes said the new regulations will apply only to...
The UN Security Council has unanimously approved a resolution strongly condemning increasing killings, torture and human rights violations in Burundi and threatening possible sanctions...
China has failed to live up to its obligations to comply with an international convention against torture, according to a report by Amnesty International.
A...
Police in Italy have issued 17 arrest warrants for Iraqi Kurds on terrorism-related charges in a Europe-wide blitz.
General Giuseppe Governale told RAI state radio...
Leone – where British nurse Pauline Cafferkey caught Ebola – is just hours from being declared free of the disease.
The World Health Organisation (WHO)...
Holidaymakers in Sharm el-Sheikh will be flown home today, but passengers will only be allowed hand luggage.
Planes are banned from carrying bags in the...
