SANAA--A suicide bomber killed at least 33 people in central Yemen on Wednesday when he blew himself up at a celebration by Shiite...
SANAA--A suicide bomber killed at least 33 people in central Yemen on Wednesday when he blew himself up at a celebration by Shiite...
RIYADH--Saudi Arabia on Thursday beheaded a Pakistani man for heroin smuggling, the 13th prisoner from Pakistan to be executed in the kingdom for...
Myanmar Police YANGON--Several protesters against a Chinese-backed mine in central Myanmar have been charged with holding an illegal demonstration, police said Wednesday. They...
Swat Valley ISLAMABAD--Militants have shot dead three policemen who went missing during an overnight search in northwest Pakistan, police said Wednesday. The incident...
GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories--The Islamist Hamas movement denounced Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas on Wednesday for "failure" to push through a UN resolution setting...
RIYADH--Saudi Arabia's ailing King Abdullah, 91, was admitted to hospital on Wednesday for "medical checks," the royal court said. The king, whose age...
TUNIS,--Tunisia's 88-year-old anti-Islamist Beji Caid Essebsi was sworn in as the country's first freely elected president at a ceremony in parliament on Wednesday....
BISSAU--Gambian President Yahya Jammeh returned from abroad overnight after a failed coup by disaffected soldiers while he was abroad, a military source said...
RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories--Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas is to apply immediately to join the International Criminal Court, senior officials said Wednesday, after the UN...
QUITO---At least 13 people were killed and 17 injured when a bus crashed Tuesday in Ecuador's Amazon basin region. The bus, carrying 30...
PARIS---An Air France plane flying from Paris to the Norwegian city of Stavanger had to turn back mid-way Tuesday after the captain fell...
WASHINGTON--The United States added nine individuals and entities to its Iran sanctions blacklist in a move condemned Wednesday by Tehran as a "blatant...
JERUSALEM--Members of Israel's ruling Likud began voting Wednesday for their party leader with rightwing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seeking another term at the...
Iraqi Army TEHRAN--Iran is to help Iraq rebuild its army under an agreement that could formalise Tehran's military support for its neighbour, which...
BERLIN--German Chancellor Angela Merkel in a New Year's address deplored the rise of a right-wing populist movement, saying its leaders have "prejudice, coldness,...
MONTREAL--Canadian police on Tuesday were investigating the deaths of nine people whose bodies were found in three separate but linked crime scenes, authorities...
WASHINGTON--The United States on Tuesday condemned an apparent coup attempt in the small West African country of Gambia and urged its own citizens...
Federica Mogherini BRUSSSELS, Belgium---EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said Tuesday's vote at the UN Security Council on Palestinian statehood underlined the need...
