National Front wins huge rise in support in local polls, as President Hollande's Socialists suffer drop in popularity. Last updated: 24 Mar 2014 04:28. Email Article. Print Article. Share article. Send Feedback. France's far-right National Front party has dealt a ...

The simmering tensions on the border of Turkey and Syria have flared again. The Turks have shot down a Syrian warplane, with Ankara claiming it strayed into Turkey's airspace. It is the latest in a series of border clashes between the two nations. Matt Brown.

The simmering tensions on the border of Turkey and Syria have flared again. The Turks have shot down a Syrian warplane, with Ankara claiming it strayed into Turkey's airspace. It is the latest in a series of border clashes between the two nations. Matt Brown.

The simmering tensions on the border of Turkey and Syria have flared again. The Turks have shot down a Syrian warplane, with Ankara claiming it strayed into Turkey's airspace. It is the latest in a series of border clashes between the two nations. Matt Brown.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - A cousin of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was killed on Sunday in battles with Islamist rebels near the border with Turkey, activists and state media said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Hilal al-Assad, local head of the ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin sent his popularity surging to a five-year high by making Crimea a part of Russia again after 60 years and says he won't be swayed by foreign retaliation. Photographer: Sasha Mordovets/Getty Images. Western sanctions are ...

Employees of Israel's Foreign Ministry went on an all-out strike Sunday for the first time in the country's history over a dispute surrounding workers' salaries and conditions. The dispute has been going on for nearly two years. Seven months of negotiations ...

The roof of the under-construction Bangladesh Krira Parishad building overlooking the Sher-e Bangla National Stadium was not the most sought after vantage point by the time West Indies finished their innings. It was overflowing as news of Australia making a ...

The US-orchestrated peace talks seem on the verge of falling apart. Can the relative stability that we have grown accustomed to in the West Bank no longer be taken for granted? knesset. PA President Abbas with US President Obama, March 17 2014 Photo: ...

CONAKRY: An Ebola epidemic which has already killed dozens of people in Guinea's southern forests has spread to the capital Conakry, the United Nations Children's Fund said on Sunday. "At least 59 out of 80 who contracted Ebola across the West African ...

Moscow — Russia's President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel voiced their support for an OSCE observer mission to Ukraine, in a telephone conversation on Sunday, the Kremlin said. The two leaders discussed the situation in Ukraine ...

Campaigners from around the world are taking part in a week of action against Israeli national water company Mekorot, the main agent of Israeli water apartheid against Palestinians. The week launches on 22 March, World Water Day, and lasts until 30 March, ...

Four worshippers were shot dead Sunday by two gunmen who stormed a packed church near the Kenyan coastal city of Mombasa on Sunday. Police said the assailants opened fire indiscriminately on the congregants. At least 17 people were injured in what ...

Ankara — Turkey said Sunday it had shot down a Syrian fighter jet for a breach of Turkish airspace, as Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned of a "heavy" response to future violations. Syria accused its northern neighbour of "flagrant aggression" after ...

Pope Francis has named eight people, including Irish abuse survivor Marie Collins, to a group to help the Catholic Church fight the clerical sexual abuse of minors. Photograph: Reuters. Paddy Agnew. Topics: News · Social Affairs · Religion & Beliefs · Barak ...

Four people have been killed by gunmen who opened fire in a church near the Kenyan port city of Mombasa. At least 17 others were wounded. No group has claimed responsibility for the shooting, but officials have blamed Islamist militants from the ...

French satellite images show "floating debris" in the southern Indian Ocean, Paris said on Sunday, which together with Chinese and Australian images of suspicious objects in the same wide area have focused the search for a missing Malaysian jetliner in ...

At least 19 people were killed and dozens of others were missing on Saturday after a boat carrying mostly Congolese refugees capsized in a lake that runs along the border of Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo, police said. Local fishermen and ...

Paralympian accused of murdering girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp could be on the stand as early as tomorrow. Oscar Pistorius arrives at the High Court in Pretoria. Photo / AP. Gerrie Nel, the state prosecutor, stunned the court at Oscar Pistorius's murder trial last ...

Two gunmen stormed a packed church near the Kenyan coastal city of Mombasa and opened fire at worshippers, killing three people and wounding others. One witness said the gunmen shouted out in a foreign language before shooting indiscriminately at ...