
FOREIGN POLICY
UK denies holding Assange arbitrarily
Britain says the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention should reconsider its ruling on Julian Assange.

Britain says the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention should reconsider its ruling on Julian Assange.

Belgium's interior and justice ministers offer to resign over recent deadly bombings in Brussels.

Iran says it will continue to boost its missile might despite new US sanctions.

The legendary Dutch footballer was fighting lung cancer.

HRW says Sudanese security forces use sexual violence and intimidation to silence female rights campaigners.

Iraqi air strikes kill 35 Daesh militants in embattled province of Kirkuk.

US Secretary of State John Kerry says a partial truce in Syria has produced a fragile but beneficial reduction in violence.

Russia censures continued US military presence in Guantanamo.

A top Russian defense official says Russia does not want war and horror stories against it should come to an end.

A Lebanese soldier is killed in a bomb explosion that hit an area in the northeastern town of Arsal.

Lavrov says the flow of oil smuggled by Daesh across the Syrian-Turkish border is continuing.

The Syrian national television says government forces have entered the ancient city of Palmyra held by Daesh terrorists.

The Colombian government and FARC rebels miss a deadline for reaching a peace deal to end the long conflict.

New Zealanders vote in favor of keeping the existing flag, officials say.

US Republican frontrunner Trump hints at the use of nukes against ISIL.

The Iraqi military launches an operation to recapture the northern city of Mosul.

In a possible sign of warming ties, the Israeli president makes a phone call to his Turkish counterpart.

A US airport in Atlanta has been briefly evacuated over a ‘suspicious’ package.