PARIS: French prosecutors have issued international arrest warrants for three senior Syrian intelligence and government officials, including security chief Ali Mamlouk, for alleged collusion in war crimes, a defense lawyer and a judicial source

Delegations have been grilling Saudi Arabia on its human rights record at the UN in Geneva as it faces a torrent of international condemnation over the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Member states have also

Madagascar is gearing up for what could be the most expensive presidential election in its history. More than three-quarters of the population live in poverty, but politicians are spending more than ever on their

A Taliban attack on a checkpoint in the eastern province of Ghazni has killed at least 13 soldiers and policemen, officials said. Afghan reinforcements were dispatched to the site after Monday's attack in Khogyani

On October 20, 2011, Colonel Muammar Gaddafi was dragged from a drain pipe, tortured and killed. Libya's self-proclaimed "Brother Leader", the one-time revolutionary who overthrew a king and promised a country governed by the

Villagers in northern India beat and crushed a tigress to death with a tractor after the feline killed a man, forest officials said. The incident came days after forest officials shot dead another tigress

DAMASCUS, Syria: At a building site in Damascus, trucks and bulldozers zigzag back and forth ferrying sand and stones for a luxury development of residential high-rises and shopping centers.The area was up until recently

DAMASCUS, Syria: At a building site in Damascus, trucks and bulldozers zigzag back and forth ferrying sand and stones for a luxury development of residential high-rises and shopping centers.The area was up until recently

DUBAI: Iran will sell its oil and break sanctions reimposed by the United States on its vital energy and banking sectors, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani told economists at a meeting broadcast live on state

In February 2017, Israeli Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked expressed concern about "decreasing support for Israel in the Democratic party", telling her Jewish American audience that the problem was "a strategic issue" for Israel. "I