Beirut: European and other nations must provide more safe, legal opportunities for refugees to be resettled, the head of the United Nations refugee...
Beirut: European and other nations must provide more safe, legal opportunities for refugees to be resettled, the head of the United Nations refugee...
Berlin: Germany on Friday called on the government of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region to ensure that arms provided by Berlin were only used...
Aden: Yemen's loyalist militia on Friday accused rebels of responsibility for the kidnapping of two Al-Jazeera journalists and their driver who went missing...
DAVOS: The Mexican government is speeding up efforts to extradite notorious drug boss Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman to the United States after his...
Istanbul: US Vice President Joe Biden on Friday strongly criticised Turkey for failing to set the right "example" on freedom of expression, following...
French opposition leader Nicolas Sarkozy with President Francois Hollande Paris: With little more than a year to go before presidential elections, French opposition...
This still image taken from a video released by a faction within the Pakistani Taliban on January 22, 2016 shows their leader Khalifa...
U.S. student was arrested on Jan. 2 - tour operator. Student is third western citizen known held in North. Arrest announced as countries...
Representative image ATHENS: At least 42 people, including 17 children, drowned when their boats capsized off two Greek islands near the Turkish coast...
London: Treasures belonging to the last of the Mitford sisters, who fascinated and scandalised British society of the 1930s, are going under the...
Protests are worst unrest since the 2011 revolt Gov’t says has “no magic wand” for youth problems Riots hit towns west, south and...
Moscow: At least 39 people have died of swine flu in Russia since last month, according to AFP calculations based on official data,...
Davos, Switzerland: Countries around the world should increase their donations for refugee aid by 30 per cent to tackle the unprecedented global refugee...
UNHCR chief Filippo Grandi met King Abdullah (pictured) on Monday and told a news conference afterward refugees should be admitted as soon as...
Spanish King Felipe (L) greets Ciudadanos party leader Albert Rivera before their meeting at Zarzuela Palace in Madrid, Spain, January 21, 2016. REUTERS ...
Asaib Ahl al-Haq Shi'ite militia fighters from the south of Iraq run during a mission to take control of Sulaiman Pek village from...
Relatives carry the body of their kin killed in an attack at beachside restaurant Beach View Cafe on Lido beach, in Somalia's capital...
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry takes his seat across the table from Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, for their meeting about Syria,...
