Portuguese prime minister resigns after police search his residence in corruption probe
The EU’s longest serving socialist prime minister, António Costa, has resigned after Portuguese police raided his official residence in corruption probe over mining...
Israel-Gaza war: Major UN agencies call for immediate humanitarian ceasefire
30 days into the conflict, and major UN agency chiefs call for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza
Sixth Australian MP in eligibility trouble due to citizenship

A sixth Australian MP will have their eligibility for office decided by the...

A sixth Australian MP will have their eligibility for...

Wildfire-plagued Portugal declares public calamity as 2,000 people trapped

Forest fires have cut off a town of 2,000 people in Portugal, as firefighters struggle to control two large blazes in the centre of the country

Forest fires have cut off a town of 2,000 people in...

Iran reform leader Mehdi Karroubi ends hunger strike

An Iranian opposition leader held under house arrest since 2011 has ended his...

An Iranian opposition leader held under house arrest since...

Spanish police foil second attack after 13 killed in Barcelona

Spanish police say they have killed five suspected terrorists in the town of...

Spanish police say they have killed five suspected...

UPDATED | Spain terror attacks: 13 killed and 100 injured in Barcelona and Cambrils attacks

13 killed and 100 injured in attacks on Spanish cities after cars plough into crowds • Five terror suspects shot dead in Cambrils, while earlier...

13 killed and 100 injured in attacks on Spanish cities...

Saudi King Salman orders Qatar border to open to Hajj pilgrims

Saudi Arabia will open its land border with Qatar to allow Hajj pilgrims to...

Saudi Arabia will open its land border with Qatar to allow...

Spain rescues 600 people at sea in busiest day

Spanish coastguards have rescued nearly 600 people from 15 boats and a jet ski...

Spanish coastguards have rescued nearly 600 people from 15...

Australian far-right leader wears burqa in Senate

The leader of Australia's far-right One Nation party Pauline Hanson has...

The leader of Australia's far-right One Nation party...

Trump Charlottesville remarks lead to disbanded business councils, talk of White House departures

US President Donald Trump has said he is scrapping two business councils after more bosses quit over his handling of violent clashes in Virginia, as...

US President Donald Trump has said he is scrapping two...

Floods kill more than 300, fears rise as 600 more missing

At least 105 children are missing in Sierra Leone after a flood claimed the...

At least 105 children are missing in Sierra Leone after a...

Philippines police kill 32 in bloodiest night of Duterte’s war on drugs

Duterte’s death toll over the war on drugs continue to rise as 32 people were killed in a series of raids near the capital Manila

Duterte’s death toll over the war on drugs continue...

Trump blames 'both sides' for Charlottesville violence

US President Donald Trump has insisted that both sides were to blame for the...

US President Donald Trump has insisted that both sides were...

NAFTA renegotiation talks open amid high expectations

Canada, the US and Mexico prepare to sit down and renegotiate their trade deal...

Canada, the US and Mexico prepare to sit down and...

Italy to return envoy to Cairo, ending standoff over murdered student

Italy will send a new ambassador to Egypt, 16 months after the murder of an...

Italy will send a new ambassador to Egypt, 16 months after...

Iran could quit nuclear deal in 'hours' if US continues adding sanctions

Iran's President has warned that it could restart its nuclear programme ‘within hours’ if the United States imposes any more new sanctions

Iran's President has warned that it could restart its...

Girl killed as car ‘deliberately’ driven into pizzeria near Paris

A car has crashed into a pizzeria in a village east of the French capital...

A car has crashed into a pizzeria in a village east of the...

North Korea leader 'briefed' on Guam missile plan but opts to hold off

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un reviewed plans to fire missiles towards the US Pacific territory of Guam but will hold off

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un reviewed plans to fire...

Under threat of Libya, three humanitarian NGOs have withdrawn Mediterranean rescue operations

Libya will turn back asylum seekers fleeing to Europe to a world of lawlessness, arbitrary detention and extreme violence • MSF director: Europe...

Libya will turn back asylum seekers fleeing to Europe to a...