US security chief tempers withdrawal claims, jeopardising Turkey’s plans to target Kurdish groupsTurkey has asked Washington to hand over its bases in Syria as the Trump administration appeared to reverse plans to withdraw from the country’s north-east on...

The Home Office has doubled a charge for migrants to use the NHS, in a move that has been criticised for its impact on NHS workers and young people who have been in the UK since childhood.

One of Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman's trusted hitmen kept a soundproof "murder room" with a drain to speed up messy executions, jurors have been told.

A smiling construction worker, a grinning farmer and a jolly pensioner: these are the cartoon faces the government is using to try to reassure Britons that the country can cope with a no-deal Brexit.

Brazil's defense minister sees no reason to allow the United States to set up a military base in the country, an idea that President Jair Bolsonaro has said he is open to.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Chinese President Xi Jinping discussed an expected U.S.-North Korea summit in talks in Beijing on Tuesday, Yonhap news agency said, days after Kim warned he may take an alternative path if the United States does not eas...

A former French boxing champion who surrendered to police after he was filmed raining blows on riot officers during a "yellow vest" protest has received tens of thousands of euros in public donations, infuriating government ministers.

Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras) may receive about $14 billion from the Brazilian government to settle a dispute relating to certain oil exploration areas, the state-run oil firm said in a securities filing on Tuesday.

* Court decision allays fears of seed makers over patent cover

A second day of U.S.-China trade talks in Beijing extended into Tuesday evening, a source with knowledge of the meetings said, as the world's two largest economies looked to resolve a bitter trade dispute.

India's Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that Monsanto can claim patents on its genetically modified (GM) cotton seeds, a victory for the U.S. company that is expected to encourage biotechnology firms to step up investment in the country.

Rachel Martin talks to Sen. Angus King about the Trump administration's Syria policy, and the potential for troops to be deployed to the Mexican border to build and upgrade 160 miles of fencing.