On November 25, Russia attacked and seized three Ukrainian gunboats and their crew while they were attempting to transit into the Sea of Azov through the Kerch Strait. The move caused a wave of international

Police in Malaysia have filed new criminal charges and issued arrest warrants for fugitive financier Low Taek Jho and four others wanted in connection with the billion-dollar 1MDB sovereign wealth fund scandal, according to

Talks to try to end the almost four-year war in Yemen are set to begin in Sweden this week. It is hoped they are the start of ending what the United Nations calls the

Tear gas shrouded Paris's famed Arc de Triomphe on Saturday soon after the first "yellow vest" demonstrators began to gather. The police fired hundreds of gas canisters and used water cannon and stun grenades in

Exclusive: The Pope of Hope Egypt’s Tawadros II on status of Copts, regional politics and Saudi reforms CAIRO: It was July 21, 1969, and Neil Armstrong had just taken mankind’s first steps on the

GENEVA: A growing number of migrants are flocking to Yemen, even as its dire humanitarian crisis deepens, with nearly 150,000 expected to arrive in the war-ravaged country in 2018, the UN said Tuesday. Yemen remains

JERUSALEM: Thousands of Israeli women protested against domestic violence in a nationwide strike on Tuesday, calling for more action and state funding to deal with the problem. The strike came after two girls were

The Chinese government says it will push forward trade negotiations with the United States in the next 90 days, expressing "confidence" that an agreement can be reached even as concerns remain over whether the

A woman in Brazil who received a womb transplanted from a dead donor has given birth to a health baby girl, in the first successful case of its kind, doctors reported. The breakthrough operation,

A member of the notorious "Texas 7" gang of escaped prisoners has been executed for the fatal shooting of a suburban police officer in the US city of Dallas during a Christmas Eve robbery