Eleven migrants have been found dead in a boat in the sea off southern Spain along with 33 survivors, a Spanish coastguard

The UN General Assembly on Wednesday formally ratified a UN deal on migration by a large majority -- but without the support of the United States and a string of other countries.

British ministers are divided over the government's next steps if Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit deal with the European Union is not approved by parliament next month.

President Vladimir Putin yesterday accused the United States of raising the risk of nuclear war by threatening to spurn a key arms control treaty and refusing to hold talks about another pact that expires soon.

Pope Francis yesterday said that Christmas cannot just be about swapping presents and indulging in a massive consumer binge, urging

The European Union yesterday adopted backup plans to protect air transport and financial markets in the event Britain leaves without a

Some 1,934 people have been sentenced to life in prison since the July 2016 attempted overthrow of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkish state media Anadolu reported

A group of NGOs including Greenpeace and Oxfam have launched a lawsuit against the French state accusing it of taking insufficient action to tackle climate change.

Women may be shouting louder than ever for equal treatment and pay, but a report out yesterday indicates it will take centuries to achieve gender parity in workplaces around the globe.

British ministers met yesterday to intensify plans for leaving the European Union without a deal -- a prospect that is becoming more likely as Prime Minister Theresa May plays for time with just 101 days to go until Brexit.

Prime Minister Theresa May yesterday warned MPs against supporting a second Brexit referendum, as calls mount for a public vote to break the political impasse over the deal she struck with the EU.

Australia's conservative prime minister yesterday stood by his decision to recognise west Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, despite

Britain's government is not preparing for a second referendum on Brexit, ministers said yesterday, sticking to the script that Prime

A month of "yellow vest" protests have taken a further toll on the popularity of French President Emmanuel Macron, a new poll showed

Chile will take the place of Brazil in hosting next year's UN climate summit, delegates at crunch talks in Poland were informed on Friday.

Australia now recognises west Jerusalem as Israel's capital, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said yesterday, but a contentious embassy

Groups of defiant "yellow vest" demonstrators faced off with tens of thousands of police around France yesterday, but their numbers

Once again, the EU has sent Theresa May home with nothing.

Every day from dawn, a fleet of forklift trucks carries crates of roses, tulips, chrysanthemums and 22,000 other flower varieties through the world's biggest flower market.

The French government yesterday urged "yellow vest" protesters not to hold another round of demonstrations this weekend as police hunted for a second day for the fugitive gunman who attacked a Christmas market in the eastern city of Strasbourg.