
KOREAS
S Korea arrests president's friend amid scandal
Prosecutors in South Korea have questioned the woman behind the recent crisis for second time.

Prosecutors in South Korea have questioned the woman behind the recent crisis for second time.

Lebanon’s Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil says Hezbollah is a partner in his father-in-law Michel Aoun’s victory as Lebanon’s new president.

Washington has canceled the planned sale of 26,000 assault rifles to the Southeast Asian country.

Massoud Soltanifar, Reza Salehi-Amiri, and Fakhroddin Ahmadi Danesh-Ashtiani will be seeing their qualifications debated by the parliament in the Tuesday session.

Donald Trump seems to be less inclined to increase tensions with Moscow if he becomes president, an analyst says.

For the first time since the late 1980s, the US Navy has dispatched a submarine equipped with nuclear-tipped ballistic missiles to Guam.

Clinton says she would welcome giving US First Lady Michele Obama a position in the cabinet if she wins the US 2016 election.

The Indian festival of lights was celebrated in India and all over the world with lighting oil lamps and candles, along with fireworks displays.

Russia poses an increasing threat to the stability of the UK, says the MI5 director general.

The Lebanese Resistance movement Hezbollah congratulates Michel Aoun over his election as Lebanon’s new president.

Former Germany midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger finally returned to training with Manchester United’s first team.

Marcos Baghdatis, Fernando Verdasco and Paolo Lorenzi have progressed into the second round of the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event.

Donald Trump has warned of a "constitutional crisis" should his rival Hillary Clinton win the White House in the 2016 vote.

Saudi Arabia sacks veteran finance minister amid struggles to curb the kingdom’s severe economic problems.

Militants in Syria’s Aleppo are flouting the rules of international humanitarian law, says a human rights group.

US top diplomat Tom Shannon and Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro have held a meeting in the capital Caracas.

US Secretary of State John Kerry says the 2016 vote is "downright embarrassing", and has made his job more difficult.

Counter Terrorism Service forces fight their way into the city for the first time since it was overran by Daesh in 2014.