TURKEY is set for a snap June election bringing forward both presidential and parliamentary elections.

WEAPONS inspectors have been delayed from examining the scene of an alleged chemical attack in Syria after a UN security team came under fire yeste

STRIKING Zimbabwean nurses remained defiant yesterday in the face of mass sackings by the government.

RUSSIAN communists (CPRF) have asked for a probe into alleged violations allowing people to vote twice in March’s presidential election.

BRAZILIAN authorities were accused of “flagrant violations of human rights” today after a delegation was prevented from visiting former president L

IRANIAN President Hassan Rouhani said the country would buy or develop any weapons it needs to defend itself at a military parade to mark Arms Day

EXTERNAL inspectors visited the site of an alleged chemical attack in the Syrian town of Douma today.

SOUTH AFRICAN authorities have seized about £10 million of assets belonging to the Gupta brothers as part of anti-corruption investigations.

ETHIOPIAN air traffic controllers grounded flights today after they took strike action in a dispute believed to be over pay and conditions.