(CNN) – One U.S. citizen was killed and another was wounded when a gunman opened fire on their car at a gas station in Saudi Arabia’s capital Tuesday, the country’s officia... Read more

Ukraine’s parliament on Tuesday confirmed National Guard chief Stepan Poltorak as the former Soviet state’s fourth defence minister since Russia’s annexation of its Crimea peninsula in March... Read more

Spain’s Catalonia Calls Off Independence Vote Artur Mas, president of Catalonia The leader of Spain’s wealthy Catalonia region on Tuesday called off an independence vote but said... Read more

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov struck a defiant note on Tuesday, saying Moscow was not planning to buckle to Western demands to ease sanctions over its handling of the Ukraine crisis... Read more

Taliban insurgents have ambushed a convoy of Afghan security forces in a mountainous northern region of Afghanistan, killing 22 soldiers and police, an official said, as bombs in the capital... Read more

Kim Jong-un has appeared in lots of pictures walking with a stick, says the BBC’s Steve Evans North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has made his first public appearance since 3 September, th... Read more

A flight from Dubai has been quarantined at Boston Logan Airport after five passengers began “exhibiting flu-like symptoms”. Emergency responders donning protective hazmat suits... Read more

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un holds up his ballot during the fifth session of the 12th Supreme People’s Assembly of North Korea at the Mansudae Assembly Hall in Pyongyang in this Apr... Read more

A magazine purportedly published by the Islamic State group says that militants have captured, enslaved and sold Yazidi women and children, confirming allegations that have been made against... Read more

A triple suicide attack tore through a Kurdish compound in eastern Iraq, killing at least 29 members of the security forces and wounding 88, according to hospital and security officials. The... Read more