Yemeni political factions within the power-sharing government and the Shiite Houthi group signed on Sunday a ceasefire deal after days of fierce battles in the capital city of Sanaa.
Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) have this week been debating the impact of Russia's import ban on western agricultural produce.
After its summer recess the new European Parliament (EP) convenes in Strasbourg Monday for a new plenary session.
The 13-year-old Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) has grown into a dynamic platform for regional interaction and is entering a phase of broader cooperation, Russian experts said.
U.S. President Barack Obama came out strong against Islamic State (IS) terrorists on Wednesday, but it remains to be seen whether his plans will lead to the defeat of the radicals.
Unveiling his new College of Commissioners, European Commission (EC) President-elect Jean-Claude Juncker conceded Wednesday that one of his biggest challenges will be to convince citizens that things will change.
U.S. President Barack Obama has baffled observers for appearing to sit on his hands in the face of major foreign policy crises in the Middle East and elsewhere.
Iraq's new Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi still has many challenges to grapple with, analysts said, despite parliament's recent approval of his cabinet and government reform program, which has raised hopes that the war-torn country can avoid a possible split-up amid violent and continuous sectarian clashes.
Even though Afghan election commission completed the votes auditing and recounting process a couple of days ago, the election results have yet to be announced obviously owing to the continued dispute between the two presidential candidates.
Finnish decision makers have claimed that their country has not taken any step closer towards the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) despite the fact it has signed a protocol on hosting NATO troops last week at the NATO summit in Wales, UK.But some believed it will face difficult choices in case a conflict emerges.
U.S. President Barack Obama announced this week extra military personnel would be sent to protect U.S. diplomatic facilities after Islamic State terrorists overran vast areas in north Iraq. The move is unlikely a pre-curser to resending massive combat troops, but air raids may be intensified.
Top U.S. presidential aide Susan Rice is to visit China next week to patch up recent rifts and put bilateral ties back on a right track.
In the "cloak and dagger" tradition of Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) discussions, it has now been four days since the latest round of negotiations opened in Hanoi, with no word from senior negotiators on the progress of what is the world's most important free trade agreement -- and its most opaque. According to a Japanese government source, senior officials from the 12 countries involved in the TPP negotiations from across the Pacific Rim gathered with typical discretion to hammer out the many sticking points that, along with a lack of transparency, plague the ambitious project.
National borders have become practically meaningless in the struggle to deal with the world's natural and man-made disasters, United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said Wednesday in a speech urging young New Zealanders to become "global citizens."
A special Vietnamese envoy is visiting Beijing with the aim of patching up relations plagued by a territorial dispute in the South China Sea.
The United States is worried about a possible future attack from the Islamic State terror group, but it remains unclear just how much of a threat the radicals pose to the country.
There are some doubts raised by some quarters here as to whether the new Afghan president can be sworn in on Sept. 2 as earlier announced by outgoing President Hamid Karzai.
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