ISTANBUL: A group of lawyers on Thursday gathered outside Istanbul’s main courthouse to protest against an appeal court’s upholding the convictions of former journalists and executives from opposition daily Cumhuriyet. The court on Tuesday

 RAQQA: Two feet deep, below a plot of farmland outside the Syrian city of Raqqa, lies a large and deadly legacy of Daesh: A mass grave holding an estimated 3,500 people. First responders learned

Last year, on February 21, Slovak investigative journalist Jan Kuciak and his fiancee, archaeologist Martina Kusnirova, were murdered in their home in Vel'ka Maca, a small village 28 miles east of Bratislava. They were killed

The US Department of Justice, the Securities and Exchange Commission and a senator have launched an investigation into drug-maker giant Johnson & Johnson (J&J), the company disclosed on Wednesday. In its SEC filing, J&J

The man expected to be this year's number one pick in the NBA draft has given potential suitors a real scare after a freak accident in a college basketball game. Zion Williamson's shoe exploded

An Indian government minister reiterated on Thursday the country's plan to restrict the flow of water to Pakistan from its share of rivers, the latest effort by New Delhi to pressure its neighbour after

Millions of Nigerians finally get to vote for a new leader on Saturday after the election was postponed by a week. Whoever wins will have to address at least three pressing issues - the

Are the latest terror incidents in Egypt a ‘last dance’ for militants or a failure in security operations? CAIRO: Three terrorist attacks in the space of as many days have raised questions over whether

JERUSALEM: The US ambassador to Israel on Thursday urged deeper business ties between Israeli settlers and Palestinian businessmen in the occupied West Bank, angering Palestinian leaders.David Friedman, who was appointed by US President Donald

PARIS: A top French Daesh jihadist who became notorious after voicing an audio recording claiming responsibility for the November 2015 attacks in Paris has been killed in an overnight airstrike, security sources told AFP.Fabien Clain,