Iran's parliament on Tuesday voted through a law obliging the government to demand damages from the United States for 63 years of "hostile action and crimes", state television reported. "The government has the duty to take the necessary measures seeking compensation for material and…

President Francois Hollande renewed his support on Tuesday for the controversial nuclear project planned by France’s energy giant EDF at Hinkley Point in Britain, reports AFP. “I am in favour that this project goes ahead,” Hollande told Europe 1 radio. “It’s very important…

Attacks including suicide bombings in Baghdad killed at least 39 people Tuesday, the second time in a week the Iraqi capital has been hit by a deadly spate of violence, reports AFP. The attacks bring the toll to more than 140 people killed in just seven days in and near Baghdad. The unrest highlights…

European Council President Donald Tusk on Tuesday criticised the former conservative mayor of London Boris Johnson for having “crossed boundaries” by saying the European Union was behaving like Adolf Hitler, reports AFP. “I cannot stay silent,” Tusk told reporters in Copenhagen.…

The State Department has urged Americans to avoid all travel to North Korea, warning that US citizens making the trip risk long and “unduly harsh” imprisonment if they fall foul of laws in the hermit state, reports AFP. At least 14 US citizens have been detained by Pyongyang over the past…

One of China's most powerful officials said he would listen to political demands from Hongkongers in a conciliatory start to a visit Tuesday that has stirred anger in a city resentful of Beijing's tightening grip, reports AFP. The three-day trip by Zhang Dejiang, who chairs China's communist-controlled…