BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe: As Zimbabwe’s health service buckles amid low levels of public funding and a government freeze on hiring medical staff, volunteers have...
BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe: As Zimbabwe’s health service buckles amid low levels of public funding and a government freeze on hiring medical staff, volunteers have...
Damascus: Two rare busts rescued from the Islamic State group in the ancient city of Palmyra and restored in Italy have been returned...
Beirut: Heavy fighting between the Syrian army and rebels has shaken several Damascus suburbs, leaving 13 regime fighters dead, a monitoring group said...
ISTANBUL: A film looking into the life of civil defense volunteers in war-torn Syria has won an Oscar for best short documentary. “We...
PARIS: Conservative candidate Francois Fillon said on Wednesday he would not pull out of the French presidential election campaign despite being summoned by ...
BEIRUT: Russian-backed Syrian government forces will enter the Islamic State-held city of Palmyra "very soon", a Syrian military source said on Wednesday, as...
Kabul: At least one person was killed and 39 wounded as suicide bombers targeted Afghan security force facilities at two locations in Kabul...
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...
