One asylum seeker has been killed and 77 injured during a second night of violence at Australia’s immigration detention centre in Papua New Guinea. The man died of head injuries…

Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro is expelling three US consular officials, accusing them of meeting students involved in anti-government protests. The country has seen growing political tension and rallies, with three…

Protesters in Ukraine have rejected the terms of a new amnesty law aimed at ending the country’s recent unrest. Parliament backed an amnesty for detainees if protesters vacated the government…

Efforts to resolve Ukraine’s unrest in the capital Kiev by peaceful means are “futile”, the interior ministry says. Minister Vitaliy Zakharchenko said negotiations with the protesters had failed. He blamed…

Syria’s government and main political opposition have traded bitter accusations as a major peace conference begins in Switzerland. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon urged delegates to engage in constructive discussions,…

There is clear evidence that Syria has systematically tortured and executed about 11,000 detainees since the start of the uprising, a report by three former war crimes prosecutors says. The…

Iran has begun curbing uranium enrichment under a deal which will also see international sanctions eased, the UN nuclear watchdog (IAEA) says. Earlier, centrifuges used for enrichment were disconnected at…

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is quoted as saying he has no intention of quitting, and the issue is not up for discussion at peace talks. “If we wanted to surrender…

A senior IMF official and four UN employees were among 21 people killed in a suicide bomb and gun attack on a restaurant in Kabul, officials say. Wabel Abdallah, the…

The trial of four men accused of murdering former Lebanese PM Rafik Hariri has begun at an unprecedented tribunal at The Hague. The four – alleged associates of the Syria-backed…