Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh - A wide variety of conspicuous acronyms greets the eye, stamped anywhere from road signs and large tent warehouses to weathered buildings and newer structures with corrugated tin roofs. These block letters

ANKARA: Amid news of Syrian President Bashar Assad’s regime’s current preparations for a military operation in the opposition-held northwestern province of Idlib, experts anticipate a massive influx of civilians into neighboring Turkey. There are

Venezuela has requested Interpol to arrest an opposition politician who is currently in neighbouring Colombia and accused of involvement in an apparent attack against President Nicolas Maduro. "We are seeking code red for Mr

Cameroon's government has said it will investigate a video, which according to a human rights group shows the "brutal killings" of at least a dozen unarmed people by the country's security forces. A government

More than one million Uighur Muslims are estimated to be in detention in "counter-extremism centres" in China's far-west, the vice chairperson of a United Nations anti-discrimination committee has said, citing credible reports. Gay McDougall made

Yemen is routinely called the world's worst humanitarian crisis. But sometimes an individual event can bring that phrase starkly into focus. That is what happened on Thursday, when a series of air raids in

One person is in custody following a shooting in eastern Canada that left at least four people dead.  Two police officers were among those killed early on Friday in Fredericton, the capital of New Brunswick.

ANKARA: Amid news of Syrian President Bashar Assad’s regime’s current preparations for a military operation in the opposition-held northwestern province of Idlib, experts anticipate a massive influx of civilians into neighboring Turkey. There are

ISTANBUL/ANKARA: President Tayyip Erdogan told Turks on Friday to exchange gold and dollars into lira as the country’s currency plunged as much as 19 percent on worries about his influence over monetary policy and

ISTANBUL/ANKARA: President Tayyip Erdogan told Turks on Friday to exchange gold and dollars into lira as the country’s currency plunged as much as 19 percent on worries about his influence over monetary policy and