Syrian activists and rescue workers in the rebel-held part of the contested city of Aleppo are saying that say government warplanes have dropped suspected chlorine bombs on a crowded neighborhood, injuring dozens.
Syrian activists and rescue workers in the rebel-held part of the contested city of Aleppo are saying that say government warplanes have dropped suspected chlorine bombs on a crowded neighborhood, injuring dozens.
A retired Egyptian army general has been named the country's supply minister, a key post whose occupant will be tasked with ensuring availability and distribution of subsidized basic food items.
An anonymous call threatening a "terror attack" on a German hotel on Tuesday morning was a hoax by teenagers in Austria, police in the eastern city of Leipzig said.
A top official at the European Union has voiced concern over the potential influence a former president of the bloc's executive arm may have on negotiations related to Britain's exit from the EU, following his summer appointment at Goldman Sachs.
Firebrand Muslim cleric Anjem Choudary, who radicalized dozens of ISIS recruits including the man believed to have beheaded American journalist James Foley, was sentenced Tuesday to more than 5 years in prison for inciting others to commit acts of terrorism.
A senior aide to Chancellor Angela Merkel is urging unity in the German leader's conservative bloc amid recriminations over an embarrassing state election performance.
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas says Israel's prime minister has put off talks that he says were planned between the two of them this week in Moscow.
Excited but fearful, refugees from Boko Haram piled into yellow school buses with their bundles of belongings, returning after two years to homes that have been torched, wells destroyed, livestock looted and fields that still may not be safe from the Islamic insurgents.
Romanian anti-corruption prosecutors say former Prime Minister Victor Ponta is being investigated for alleged financial improprieties connected to another political figure's 2012 visit to Bucharest.
Spain's weather agency says some places in the south of the country are smashing September heat records, with one site near Seville logging 45.4 degrees Celsius (113.7 Fahrenheit).
Thailand's Supreme Court has upheld a 20-year prison sentence for fraud against a media tycoon whose crusade to oust a prime minister succeeded, triggering a decade of political violence and instability.
Military and medical officials say that dozens of fighters have been killed in the past 24 hours in battles outside the Yemeni capital between forces loyal to the internationally-recognized government, backed by a Saudi-led coalition, and Shiite rebels.
Italian police say 21 people have been detained on suspicion of transporting new Syrian migrants into Germany, Austria and France in a fleet of old cars.
The family of Nobel laureate Desmond Tutu says he is responding well to treatment for an infection after checking into a South African hospital two weeks ago.
