Newly released surveillance footage shows an off-duty Chicago police officer shooting and wounding an unarmed autistic black teenager in an incident the police department described as an armed confrontation.  The videos, released on Tuesday

Floodwaters in parts of central Texas prompted evacuations as some areas were hit by more than 300mm on Tuesday. A state of emergency has been declared across 18 counties. Witness videos obtained by Reuters

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said that Washington may lift sanctions imposed on Turkey during the dispute over its detention of a US pastor. Pompeo's remarks came on Wednesday after his talks

Several border crossings between Syria and neighbouring countries have reopened in recent weeks. It has eased years of political and economic isolation for the country during a seven-year civil war. On Monday, the Nassib

A team of Turkish investigators has entered the residence of the Saudi consul general in Istanbul as part of an investigation into the disapperance and suspected killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.  Speaking to a

Raqqa, Syria: All day, dinghies cross the Euphrates River to shuttle residents into the pulverised cityscape of Syria’s Raqqa, where bridges, homes, and schools remain gutted by the offensive against Daesh.Exactly a year has

SEOUL: Nearly 400 Yemenis were denied refugee status by South Korea on Wednesday, months after their arrival on the resort island of Jeju triggered a populist outcry.Ethnically-homogenous South Korea grants refugee status to only

Click here for the latest updates in the Khashoggi case Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi entered Saudi Arabia's consulate in Istanbul on October 2 to obtain a document certifying he divorced his ex-wife so he could

A student has attacked a vocational college in the Russian-annexed peninsula Crimea, killing at least 17 people before killing himself, according to Russia's Investigative Committee. The committee said CCTV footage showed 18-year-old student Vladislav Roslyakov entering

India's junior foreign minister has announced his resignation following allegations of sexual harassment by a string of women, as the country's fledgling #MeToo movement gathers pace. "Since I have decided to seek justice in