The large round of regional elections held in Italy on Sunday delivered disappointing results for Prime Minister Matteo Renzi's Democratic Party (PD), with two major populist and anti-euro forces showing a positive performance in crucial areas of the country.
U.S. and Iraqi authorities have exchanged accusations on the fall of the city of Ramadi into the hands of the Islamic State (IS) militants, reflecting the failure of U.S. policy in dealing with global terrorism.
The U.S. strategy of fighting Islamic State (IS) is facing a major setback after the terror group took control of the Iraqi city of Ramadi.
After two years in the opposition, Israel's ultra-Orthodox parties, Shas and the United Torah Judaism, managed to secure their spots in the new Israeli government formed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last month.
A leading Chinese economist in Britain on Wednesday described Queen Elizabeth II's speech at the State Opening of Parliament as historic in China-Britain relations.
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang's ongoing four-nation Latin America tour has raised two-way cultural cooperation to a new level, cementing ties between the peoples and consolidating the bedrock of the Sino-Latin American "community of common destiny."
The fall of Ramadi, capital of Iraq' s largest Anbar province, to the hands of Islamic State (IS) militants is a big blow to both the U.S. policy and the Iraqi security forces who originally were preparing to free the territories held earlier by the extremist group.
Amid unabated Taliban-led insurgency and frequent suicide attacks, it is almost unthinkable that Afghanistan has had no defense minister for over seven months and this situation, according to political observers, could further add to the breakdown of security in the war-torn country.
The bloody brawl between rival biker gangs in southern U.S. state of Texas made headlines over the weekend, with nine deaths and 18 injuries. However, as the deadly incident points inevitably to rampant gang violence, one cannot ignore the underlying social problem that is dividing and overwhelming communities in the United States -- gun violence.
Egypt's first freely-elected president Mohamed Morsi, who was removed by the military in 2013, has been sentenced to death over jailbreak during the 2011 uprising.
A major summit between the United States and the Gulf nations wrapped up Thursday with pledges of increased security cooperation, but fell short of producing a formal defense treaty sought by Gulf nations amid their concerns over a rising Iran and a possible nuclear arms race in the Middle East.
The United States, a self-proclaimed human rights watchdog, needs to examine itself critically and improve its own human rights record before blaming other countries for their violations.
The Philippines' invitation to journalists to visit a Chinese island in the South China Sea and efforts to seek U.S. help are a sheer provocation, and the United States should not back it in any form.
While the whole world is busy eulogizing the peace brought by the victory of World War II (WWII) 70 years ago, Uncle Sam played out a disturbingly hoarse dissonance Saturday by launching a spiteful attack on China's peace-oriented military development.
Seventy years ago today, Nazi Germany signed an unconditional surrender, ending the European conflict in World War II.
Voting for Britain's "most unpredictable" general election started early Thursday amid the surge of the Scottish National Party (SNP) and possible prospects of a hung parliament.
Matteo Renzi's decision to push through his electoral reform plan with a series of three risky confidence votes follows a controversial and infrequently-used path that until now has ended badly for the prime minister behind the votes.
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