Rennes, France--The father of a French woman taken hostage in Yemen on Thursday called on her kidnappers "to show their humanity" and release...
Rennes, France--The father of a French woman taken hostage in Yemen on Thursday called on her kidnappers "to show their humanity" and release...
Accra--Ghana's President John Dramani Mahama on Thursday promised decisive action to fix the country's worsening electricity crisis, which has wreaked havoc in the...
Beirut, Lebanon--Danny Jano, an Assyrian Christian, fled with his family in their pyjamas when they heard that Islamic State group jihadists were approaching...
Washington--The number of countries where Jews face harassment is growing, despite a downturn in hostile acts involving all religions worldwide, according to a...
Baghdad--The Islamic State group released a video Thursday in which militants in Iraq are seen destroying ancient artefacts that included idols, which are...
Riyadh--Saudi Arabia on Thursday beheaded an Indian axe murderer and a Pakistani heroin trafficker, bringing to 34 the number of death sentences carried...
Stockholm--A Swedish court on Thursday sentenced a former Syrian rebel to five years in prison for war crimes over the beating of a...
Rome--NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg warned Thursday that any attempt to expand the territory held by separatists in Ukraine would be "unacceptable" and told...
MANAMA: Bahrain’s High Criminal Court has issued death sentences for three men and life sentences to seven others involved in the killing of...
Ottawa--At least six young Canadian men and women from Montreal and its suburbs travelled overseas last month to join the Islamic State group,...
Monrovia--The United States staged a military ceremony Thursday to end its five-month Ebola mission in Liberia, with the west African nation in recovery...
WASHINGTON: HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani met at his residence in Washington with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry. Discussions...
DOHA: Kuwait's embassy in Qatar has organized a reception ceremony on the occasion of Kuwait's 54th National Day and 24th Liberation Day anniversary...
DOHA: Foreign Minister's Assistant for Foreign Affairs, HE Mohammed bin Abdullah Al Rumaihi, met here on Thursday with visiting British Minister for the...
Brussels, QNA: The European Commissioner for Migration & Home Affairs, Dimitris Avramopoulos, on Thursday met with Head of Qatar's Mission to the European...
Brussels--The European Union called on Russia Thursday to "urgently" release Ukraine military pilot Nadia Savenchko on humanitarian grounds after 75 days on hunger...
Manila--French President Francois Hollande and Philippine leader Benigno Aquino appealed Thursday for urgent global action on climate change, seeking to build momentum for...
Hong Kong--Britain's foreign secretary on Thursday said Hong Kong could still take a "meaningful step" towards democracy after mass protests posed the most...
