Tens of thousands of Saudi Shiites on Monday held a mass funeral for the victims of a mosque bombing which authorities called an attempt by Sunni extremists to sow sectarian strife. Mourners from the kingdom’s ...
According to testimonies of residents of the town, Daesh militants have killed at least 400 people , mostly women and children, in the ancient city of Palmyra. Opposition activists reported on social media that hundreds ...
A Somali lawmaker was shot and killed by gunmen in the capital Saturday, as dozens of Islamic extremists attacked two towns in southern Somalia, clashing with government troops in fighting that killed 18 militants and ...
The U.N. refugee agency is estimating that over 3,000 Rohingya and Bangladeshi migrants — or even more — could still be adrift in the Andaman Sea. The exact numbers are not known, but the U.N. ...
After examining the case, a United Nations Committee has found that Canada’s deportation of a Jamaican man with a mental disability who had spent much of his life in Canada amounted to cruel and inhuman ...
A United Nations (UN) envoy has warned about the Israeli settlement activities in the occupied Palestinian territories, saying the Israeli move is one of the main causes of instability in the Middle East. UN Special ...
Pakistan’s military says its jets have carried out airstrikes against five militant hideouts in a tribal region bordering Afghanistan, killing 13 militants. In a statement, the military said the strikes were carried out Wednesday near ...
Hundreds of Israeli Ethiopian Jews and activists held a rally on Monday evening in Tel Aviv to protest against alleged racism, an AFP journalist said. The march passed off without incident under the watch of ...
Twin explosions on Monday hit the regional headquarters of Turkey’s main pro-Kurdish party in two cities, adding to escalating tensions in the run up to June 7 legislative elections. Six people were injured in the ...
Some 35,000 protesters raise placards saying « Do not yield to authority » during a rally to protest against a controversial US airbase in Naha in Japan’s southern island of Okinawa on May 17, 2015. The protests ...