War crimes prosecutors are looking to convince judges at the International Criminal Court to put Maxime Mokom, a former Central African Republic militia commander, on trial for organising revenge attacks against Muslim civilians.

Thailand’s former Prime Minister, Thaksin Shinawatra, was on Tuesday jailed upon returning to the country after 15 years in exile. Hundreds of supporters wearing red gathered in the streets to welcome the beloved billionaire politician. 

Russia and China will be looking to gain more political and economic ground in the developing world at the Brics summit in South Africa this week – when an expected joint dose of anti-West grumbling may take on a sharper edge as they move to bring Sau…

Greece on Tuesday was battling a growing wildfire front that killed two and forced widespread evacuations in the second deadly wave of fires in a month.

The State Department on Monday said it has approved a potential $12 billion deal with Poland for nearly 100 Boeing [BA]-built AH-64E Apache attack helicopters and associated weapons. The Foreign […]

Drought conditions in Europe eased to their lowest level in early August, but ongoing record temperatures and depleted groundwater resources have left parts of the continent in crisis.

Saudi border guards reportedly “fired like rain” on Ethiopian migrants trying to cross through Yemen into the Gulf kingdom, killing hundreds since last year, according to an NGO report.

The world’s top chess federation has ruled that transgender women cannot compete in its official events for women until its officials make an assessment of gender change. 

Russia’s first moon mission in 47 years failed when its Luna-25 space craft spun out of control and crashed into the moon after a problem preparing for pre-landing orbit, underscoring the post-Soviet decline of a once mighty space programme.

India’s ruling Hindu nationalists have proposed a legislation to remove archaic references to the British monarchy and other ‘signs of slavery’ to protect the constitutional rights of the Indian people.