STRASBOURG, France: The European Court of Human Rights ruled on Thursday that a Turkish politician should not have been prosecuted for denying that...
STRASBOURG, France: The European Court of Human Rights ruled on Thursday that a Turkish politician should not have been prosecuted for denying that...
By Naline Malla and John Davis BEIRUT: Through intense bombardment, seeing friends killed before her eyes and living without power, Layana Darwish stuck...
ASTANA, Kazakhstan: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday blasted Washington for being "unconstructive" on Syria after the Kremlin said the United States had...
BERLIN: Germany's secret service, already under fire for having allegedly spied for Washington, had also spied for its own account on allies including...
DAMASCUS: Iran would consider sending fighters to key ally Syria if Damascus requests them, a senior Iranian official said Thursday on a visit...
BAGHDAD: Iraqi forces battled the Islamic State jihadist group on separate fronts Thursday, ramping up operations to retake Baiji and Ramadi, two of...
By Antoni Slodkowski NAYPYITAW: Myanmar's government and eight armed ethnic groups signed a ceasefire agreement on Thursday, the culmination of more than two...
BEIJING:Beijing warned Thursday that it would "firmly oppose" infringement of its sovereignty after indications Washington will soon send warships close to its artificial...
JAKARTA: Foreigners on death row in Indonesia have been denied basic rights and beaten for confessions, Amnesty International said Thursday, in a damning...
LONDON: Practitioners of the card game bridge discovered on Thursday that they have lost a battle at Britain's High Court to have their...
By Syed Raza Hassan KARACHI: A deaf-mute woman who lost her family when she wandered over one of the world's most militarised borders...
Montenegro's Foreign Minister Igor Luksic smiles before a news conference in Helsinki March 6, 2013 in this photo provided by Lehtikuva. By Petar...
By Roberta Rampton WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama is set to announce on Thursday that he will slow plans to draw down U.S. troops...
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Thursday hanged six people convicted of murder in Punjab province, the third day in a row it has carried out...
Nairobi: Kenyan media reacted with dismay on Thursday after lawmakers approved a bill that could see journalists slapped with huge fines or jailed...
Sun Jianguo. Beijing: China wants to strengthen military ties with Iran, a senior Chinese admiral said in a statement on Thursday, three months...
CAIRO: When general Abdel Fattah al-Sisi swapped his uniform for a suit to become Egyptian president, he mapped out a return to democracy...
By Anurag Dey KOLKATA: The baton of Bengal cricket administration is poised for a generational shift today, with former Indian captain Sourav Ganguly...