Officials in the Philippines are assessing damage after Typhoon Mangkhut pummelled the country, bringing with it strong winds and rains that set off landslides. Two women were killed on Saturday in a landslide set

NEW YORK: The UN Security Council has urged all Libyans to improve the atmosphere for national elections in a resolution that avoids mentioning the Dec. 10 target date for voting in the restive North

ISTANBUL: Disagreement between Turkey and Russia over how to tackle the Syrian rebel stronghold of Idlib seems to have deferred a looming regime offensive on the province, analysts say.Russia and Turkey are on opposite

BERLIN: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday that the Syrian regime is not preparing a major offensive against the opposition-held Idlib, adding that Moscow will do everything to protect civilians.Russia-backed regime forces

Jatoba, Brazil - Sarapo Pankararu, 36, sits in front of his house on the indigenous reserve in Brazil's semi-arid Sertao region, where, after a bitter 25-year struggle, his Pankararu people have finally won their

In Argentina, prices are soaring, unemployment is high and the currency, the peso has lost half its value so far this year. Inflation rate is now at 34.4 percent - one of the highest

One in seven adults and a fifth of children in France live below the poverty line. That is less than $1,300 a month. French President Emmanuel Macron has unveiled a multi-billion dollar plan to

At least 37 people have been killed in night-time attacks across four provinces of Afghanistan, officials said. Twenty-nine police officers and members of the Afghan national army were killed in Taliban attacks in the

A woman and her child died after a tree fell on their house in Wilmington, North Carolina, the first reported fatalities from Hurricane Florence, which made landfall earlier on Friday.  Police confirmed the fatalities

Yemen's Houthi rebels say at least 15 people have been killed in air raids by a Saudi-UAE coalition targeting a strategic highway linking the port city of Hodeida with the capital, Sanaa. Fighting near