Sri Lanka has plunged into a bitter power struggle after the surprise sacking of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe by President Maithripala Sirisena. Wickremesinghe's replacement, Mahinda Rajapaksa, is a former president appointed by his successor and ex-rival

Switzerland has halted the delivery of spare weapon parts to Saudi Arabia, citing concern over the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi inside the kingdom's consulate in Istanbul. Fabian Maienfisch, spokesman of the economic affairs

The movement of a jailed Nigerian Shia religious leader said security forces had killed at least 42 of its members during two days of violent crackdowns on protests in the capital, Abuja. The Islamic

ANKARA: Turkish forces fired howitzer shells across the border into Syria’s Ayn Al-Arab region on Wednesday, killing four Kurdish militants, state broadcaster TRT said.The barrages were launched from Turkey’s southeastern province of Sanliurfa, along

DUBAI: The United States has called for a cessation of hostilities in Yemen and the resumption of vigorous efforts for a political solution to the crisis. The United Nations on Wednesday responded saying it

Jamal Khashoggi was strangled as soon as he entered the Saudi consulate in Istanbul and then his body was dismembered, the office of city's chief prosecutor said on Wednesday, in the first official comment

US President Donald Trump is warning thousands of migrants making their way from Central America to the United States that they will not be allowed in. Trump has sent about 5,000 troops to the

Indonesian search and rescue workers believe an underwater "pinging" sound they have detected is from the black box of the Lion Air passenger jet that crashed into the sea with 189 people on board,

Patricia Ackerman never thought she'd run for office in the US. A successful business owner by the age of 21, an award-winning actress at the age of 30 and then an FBI agent sent

Pro-government papers in Turkey are raising more questions about the investigation into Saudi journalist Jamal Kashoggi's murder in the Saudi consulate, especially why Saudi Arabia's top diplomats in Istanbul are not being questioned. Turkish