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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas hospitalized for routine check-up

PalestinianPresidentMahmoudAbbas'spokesmanhasconfirmedthatthe82-year-oldleaderwashospitalizedSaturdayforaroutinecheck-upandswiftlydischargedinamatterofhours.The

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Jeremy Corbyn criticizes budget cut on police

Britain'soppositionLabourleaderJeremyCorbynhascriticizedPrimeMinisterTheresaMayformakingcutsinthesizeofthepoliceforce.HespokeafterSaturday'sattackinLondonwhichl

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Britain's opposition Labour leader criticizes budget cut on police

Britain'soppositionLabourleaderJeremyCorbynhascriticizedPrimeMinisterTheresaMayformakingcutsinthesizeofthepoliceforce.HespokeafterSaturday'sattackinLondonwhichl

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Theresa May boycotts TV debate

BritishPrimeMinisterTheresaMayboycottedaprimetimetelevisiondebateonWednesday,justdaysbeforetheJune8generalelection,promptingaccusationsofaflounderingcampaignasp

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Taliban leader urges Afghans to plant more trees

The leader of the Taliban in Afghanistan, Hibatullah Akhundzada, has urged Afghans to plant more trees.

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DPRK leader's half-brother killed in Malaysia: media

​The half-brother of top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) Kim Jong Un has been killed in Malaysia, South Korean cable news channel TV Chosun reported on Tuesday citing multiple government sources.

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Vietnamese commemorate Cuban leader Fidel Castro

​Many delegations of the Vietnamese agencies and localities on November 28 paid tribute to Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro Ruz at the Cuban Embassy in Hanoi and the Cuban Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City.

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Cubans pay heartfelt tribute to Fidel Castro

Thousands of Cubans on Monday paid heartfelt tribute to the legendary revolutionary leader Fidel Castro in a solemn and tearful ceremony at Havana's Revolution Square.

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DPRK declares 3-day mourning over ex-Cuban leader Castro's death

​DPRK on Monday began a three-day mourning period to pay tribute to former Cuban leader Fidel Castro, Pyongyang's state media said.

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Sanchez resigns after chaotic Spanish Socialist Party meeting

Pedro Sanchez resigned as the leader of the Spanish Socialist Party on Saturday following a chaotic meeting of the party's Federal Committee.

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Japan's largest opposition party elects first female leader

Japan's main opposition Democratic Party (DP) elected its first female leader Thursday as 48-year-old former TV newscaster Renho won the leadership election by a large margin.

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IS regional leader killed in U.S.-Afghan operation: envoy

Top regional leader of Daesh or Islamic State group, Hafiz Saeed Khan, has been killed in a joint U.S.-Afghan operation, Afghan ambassador to Pakistan Omar Zakhilwal said on Friday.

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Cambodia court orders self-exiled opposition leader to pay 40,000 USD for defamation case

A Cambodian court on Thursday ordered self-exiled opposition leader Sam Rainsy to pay a compensation and fine of 160 million riel (40,000 U.S. dollars) after the court found him guilty of defaming National Assembly president Heng Samrin.

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Turkish president urges Obama to extradite leader of opposition movement

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday reiterated a call for his U.S. counterpart Barack Obama to hand over the leader of an opposition movement accused of being behind the coup attempt in Turkey.

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Britain's Labour leader cleared to fight challenge to his leadership

Jeremy Corbyn, leader of Britain's main opposition Labour Party will be allowed to defend a challenge to his leadership without needing nominations from MPs, the party' s ruling National Executive Committee (NEC) decided on Tuesday night.

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New Taliban leader tells U.S. to leave Afghanistan

New Taliban leader Mawlawi Haibatullah Akhundzada on Saturday issued his maiden message as supreme leader, calling on the United States and its allies to withdrawal all its forces from the militancy-plagued country.

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Crisis in Britain's Labour Party: MPs pass vote of no confidence in leader

Jeremy Corbyn, the leader of Britain's main opposition Labour Party, said Tuesday he had no plan to quit after his own MPs passed a vote of no confidence in him.