Baghdad: Twenty-six thousand Iraqis fled west Mosul in the 10 days since security forces launched a major push to retake it from jihadists,...
Baghdad: Twenty-six thousand Iraqis fled west Mosul in the 10 days since security forces launched a major push to retake it from jihadists,...
Oslo: A Norwegian appeals court will decide Wednesday whether mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik is being treated inhumanely in prison by being kept...
Dhaka: Bangladesh police fired riot guns and tear gas Wednesday as a protest by bus drivers and truckers turned violent, with several injured...
Hong Kong: Four rebel Hong Kong lawmakers were in court Wednesday to fight a government bid to disqualify them from parliament, a move...
Kabul: Explosions and gunfire echoed through Kabul in two separate Taliban assaults on security buildings Wednesday, officials said, as the insurgents ramp up...
BEIJING: China urged calm and restraint on Wednesday after South Korea called for the possible suspension of North Korea's seat at the United...
KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo: The UN has accused Congolese military of killing at least 40 people on Dec. 19, 2016, following protests...
SEOUL: South Korea was joined by the United States on Wednesday in beginning annual military drills that have provoked past tensions with North...
ROME: President Sergio Mattarella partially pardoned an ex-CIA agent convicted for her role in kidnapping Egyptian cleric Osama Moustafa Hassan Nas in 2003...
BUDAPEST: Hungary will not accept any refugee sent by other European Union countries, a minister in charge of the Hungarian Prime Ministry said...
GENEVA: Almost 1,500 children have been killed and a similar number recruited by the warring sides in the Yemeni conflict, the UN said...
LUSAKA, Zambia: A 5.9-magnitude earthquake on Monday night hit the northern province of Zambia, including Kasama, the provincial capital, leaving hundreds injured. Northern...
YANGON, Myanmar: A social media user in Myanmar has been given a six-month sentence for defaming de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi,...
SANAA, Yemen: The Shia Houthi militia group has blocked Stephen O'Brien, a senior UN official, from entering Yemen’s southwestern city of Taiz to...
SEOUL: Samsung Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong will be formally charged Tuesday amid a flurry of indictments related to wide-ranging corruption claims, according to...
ADDIS ABABA: African countries see the Fetullah Terrorist Organization (FETO) as a threat to their internal security and have started taking action against...
LAGOS, Nigeria: Nigeria’s economy shrank by 1.51 percent in the last quarter of 2016 with oil and non-oil sectors suffering persistent declines throughout...
YANGON, Myanmar: Clashes with ethnic rebels in Myanmar’s southeastern Shan State have killed more than 160 people including 74 soldiers, according to the...
