Global Issues/Events

The Trump administration is hitting Russia with new sanctions punishing President Vladimir Putin's government for using a chemical weapon against...

Syrian first lady Asma al-Assad has been diagnosed with breast cancer, the office of the Syrian Presidency announced in a...

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has vowed that Iran will stand firm against threats by the United States over oil shipments,...

We might not be able to terraform Mars (despite Elon Musk's claims) but NASA is still looking for ways to...

The death toll from Sunday's devastating earthquake on the Indonesian island of Lombok has risen to 347. The majority of...

The BBC's web services are all currently blocked in China, following a decision by the corporation to change the website's...

Two Germans who ran away from their retirement home to attend a heavy metal music festival had their plot foiled...

Pakistan is set to have its first ever lawmaker of African descent, raising the profile of a small and mostly...

An Israeli attack has killed two members of the Gaza Strip's ruling Hamas movement after shots were fired at soldiers,...

A man who shot dead a tech worker from India has received three life sentences for the racially motivated attack....