International

At least eight people have been killed and 11 seriously hurt in New York after the driver of a truck mowed down people on a cycle path in Lower Manhattan. A 29-year-old man who emerged from the white pick-up truck was shot by a police…

French President Francois Hollande on Wednesday congratulated Donald Trump on his victory in the U.S. presidential election, but warned that the American vote would open a period of uncertainty, Xinhua News Agency reports. "I…

Syria's Foreign Ministry denied claims about military gas attack in northern Aleppo province, according to state news agency SANA. The ministry denied any gas attack by the Syrian army on the rebel-held neighborhood of Sukkary, which…

Russia is planning an alternative version of the Wikipedia, the country's presidential library has said. A statement said the initiative aimed to provide better information about Russia than is available on Wikipedia. Analysis had…