"There is an explosion at Tawakal Hotel and gunshots are heard," Mohamed Nur, a police captain, told Reuters from Kismayo. There was no immediate information about the victims. Witnesses said a large explosion was heard before the shooting began.

The Lions’ Den armed group said Tamer al-Kilani was killed when an explosive device planted on a motorcycle exploded as he walked by.

Thousands of people hit the streets of Berlin, several US cities to support Iranian women facing government crackdown.

Thousands of civilians have been leaving Kerson after warnings about a Ukrainian offensive.

Incumbent Premier Li Keqiang, a reformer, will resign in March after a maximum of two terms. "To be honest, I didn't have it on my list," said Joerg Wuttke, president of the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China, who had hoped for the reform. he tho...

The United Kingdom is a fantastic country, but we confront a severe economic situation "For this reason, I'm running to be the Conservative Party's leader and your next prime minister."

Xi Jinping secured a historic third term as China's leader on Sunday and promoted some of his closest Communist Party allies, cementing his position as the nation's most powerful leader since Mao Zedong.

There are 650 local constituencies in Britain, and voters mark the box next to the name of the candidate they wish to represent them as their local member of parliament, or MP. Most frequently, this will be a representative of one of the major political p...

Four rightist Israeli teams mounted legal challenges against the deal, claiming that centrist Prime Minister Yair Lapid was gifting away "sovereign" Israeli territory, which needs parliamentary approval.

The death of 22-year-old Amini, after her arrest for allegedly breaching Iran's strict dress code for women, has fueled the biggest protests seen in the Islamic republic for years

Massive increase of food aid so far has prevented country’s hunger crisis from becoming a famine

The deal was a bid to ease a longstanding divide across mainland China between an underground flock loyal to the pope and a state-backed official church

Dozens of civilians reportedly have been killed and injured in fighting between militant Islamist rebels and Turkish-affiliated armed groups in the region

Ahead of an expected Ukrainian advance, the regional pro-Kremlin administration called on civilians to use boat crossings over the Dnieper River to move deeper into Russian-held territory

Thousands of people on alert as storms sweep eastern parts of the country