Washington--The United States has rejected a proposal by Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to swap a jailed opposition leader for a Puerto Rican nationalist...
Washington--The United States has rejected a proposal by Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to swap a jailed opposition leader for a Puerto Rican nationalist...
Moscow,--A Russian court on Tuesday refused to take legal action after top opposition leader Alexei Navalny defiantly cut short his house arrest by...
Prominent editor Ekrem Dumanli (C) was arrested in December along with other media executives ISTANBUL--A Dutch reporter based in Kurdish-majority southeastern Turkey on...
Kenyatta (in smile) and Ruto Nairobi--Kenyan prosecutors have ordered an investigation into the murder of a witness in the International Criminal Court trial...
Ayari Tunis--A Tunisian military court Tuesday denied bail for a blogger who is appealing his three-year jail sentence for defaming the army --...
Jerusalem--An Israeli military court on Tuesday handed three life sentences to a Palestinian militant convicted of organising the kidnapping and murder of three...
Tehran--Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif was backed in a hastily convened vote Tuesday over his handling of long-running nuclear talks, after he...
Mozambique President Maputo--Mozambique police arrested Tuesday a senior official of Renamo, the country's largest opposition party, on charges of inciting violence amid renewed...
YANGON--Myanmar's first cardinal said Tuesday he would push for an end to sectarian violence in his country, two days after he was elevated...
ISTANBUL--Heavy snowfall descended on large parts of Turkey on Tuesday, snarling road and air traffic and leading to closures of schools, reports said....
DRC rebels led by Ntabo Ntaberi Kinshasa--Human Rights Watch called Tuesday for determined efforts to bring warlord Ntabo Ntaberi Sheka to justice for...
Colombo--Sri Lankan police said Tuesday they were deploying elite commandos to guard polling centres ahead of voting in a closely-fought presidential election, after...
Rio de Janeiro--Two commuter trains collided in Brazil's Rio de Janeiro state, injuring 158 people, authorities said Tuesday. The accident occurred Monday around...
GENEVA--The World Economic Forum said Tuesday that its annual gathering at Davos this month will draw a record number of participants and over...
JERUSALEM--The Palestinians have moved into uncharted territory by bidding to join the International Criminal Court, analysts say, with the decades-old conflict with Israel...
BAGHDAD--Iraq is rebuilding its army to address weaknesses including poor leadership and training that led to Baghdad's forces being swept aside by militants,...
LAGOS--Boko Haram's seizure of a key town and military base in Nigeria's far northeast has tightened its grip on the region, undermining efforts...
BAGHDAD--Two suicide bombings followed by clashes in Iraq's Anbar province west of Baghdad killed 23 security personnel on Tuesday, officers and a doctor...
