The United States came under sharp criticism from 14 other UN Security Council nations for its decision to recognise Israel's sovereignty over the Golan Heights in violation of international law. The Security Council met

The rule of Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika is in trouble. The head of the army, once his ally, seems to have turned his back on him. Ahmed Gaid Salah says he wants Bouteflika declared unfit

Sydney, Australia - An official from Australia's far-right One Nation party offered to influence the country's democracy as part of a bid to secure political funding from Koch Industries, a United States energy giant,

VALLETTA, Malta: Migrants hijacked a cargo ship in Libyan waters Wednesday and forced the crew to redirect the vessel north to Europe, according to Italian and Maltese authorities.As the vessel headed in a direction

GAZA CITY: Israel’s targeting of Al-Multazem Insurance Co. in Gaza, in an airstrike that destroyed its headquarters, must raise serious questions over the country’s “target bank,” the pool of information Tel Aviv uses to decide

PRAGUE: Lebanon said on Wednesday it wanted to follow the example of eastern EU states that have largely rejected refugees as a way of resolving its own refugee crisis.Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil sympathized with

Embattled aviation giant Boeing pledged to do all it can to prevent crashes such as the two that killed nearly 350 people in recent months as it unveiled a fix to the flight software

Yangon, Myanmar - Sprinklers whirled as workers swept leaves and pushed lawn mowers on a recent sun-baked afternoon at the Okkala Golf Resort. As he steered a golf buggy between the fairways, the caddy

Chile's ambassador to Haiti has been attacked by armed men in a Haitian village during a visit to a clean water initiative.  Patricio Utreras was visiting a project run by Fundacion America Solidaria, a

Algiers, Algeria - A breakaway faction within Algeria's ruling party has backed the army chief's call for President Abdelaziz Bouteflika to be declared unfit to rule the country, even as several opposition parties and protesters denounced