The UN's human rights office has criticized U.S. President Donald Trump over remarks in which he reportedly described immigrants from Africa and Haiti as coming from "shithole" countries, saying such comments were "racist."
The Czech Republic is holding a presidential election that pits incumbent President Milos Zeman, who opposes immigration and is seen as pro-Russia, against eight other candidates.
A new report compiled by U.S. Senate researchers warns that Russia has been emboldened by its efforts to interfere in U.S. and European elections, and calls for a stronger U.S. response to deter Moscow.
Media are reporting that U.S. President Donald Trump has decided to extend sanctions relief granted to Iran under its 2015 nuclear deal with world powers, leaving the accord intact for now.
Russian President Vladimir Putin says North Korean leader Kim Jong Un “won this round” in the latest standoff with the United States and South Korea over his nuclear and ballistic-missile programs.
Protesters have rallied in several Pakistani cities amid widespread public outrage over the rape and killing of a 8-year-old girl.
Ukraine's military says that three of its soldiers have been killed and four wounded in clashes that took place in the eastern part of the country during the previous 24 hours.
Pakistani protesters angry over the rape and killing of an 8-year-old girl have attacked a police station and another government office, resulting in the deaths of at least two people.
A top Iranian cleric under investigation in Germany for alleged crimes against humanity has reportedly left Germany for Tehran on Thursday 11 January regardless of charges of crimes against humanity.
Germany's foreign minister says the European Union wants to preserve Iran’s nuclear deal with world powers and has urged Washington to consider the agreement as a separate issue from Tehran's ballistic weapons program and its role in Syria's civil war.
The European Union and Tehran are expected to show support for Iran's 2015 nuclear agreement with world powers at a foreign ministers' meeting on January 11 while the White House is deciding whether to continue backing the agreement.
Rescue teams were forced to temporarily suspend their work after an explosion on an Iranian oil tanker with 31 missing crew members that has been burning for five days in the East China Sea.
The United States says it is “deeply concerned” by reports that Iranian authorities have imprisoned “thousands” of citizens for participating in the antigovernment street protests that have rocked dozens of cities and town.
U.S. President Donald Trump’s top aides are urging him to extend relief from economic sanctions for Iran, but the president remains reluctant and has not decided on his next move, U.S. media are reporting.
The Pentagon has rejected Russian insinuations that U.S. forces were involved in recent drone attacks against Russia's air base and its naval facility in western Syria.
The U.S, House of Representatives has nearly unanimously adopted a resolution expressing support for antigovernment protesters in Iran and condemning Tehran's crackdown on the two-week-long demonstrations.
Germany's federal prosecutor's office is examining whether to bring charges against a senior Iranian cleric who has been named as a possible future Iranian supreme leader and who is receiving medical treatment in Germany.
The Iranian oil tanker that has been burning for four days in the East China Sea could continue burning for weeks longer, and there is still hope that some of its 31 missing crew members may still be found alive, officials say.
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