Lawmakers in Russia have passed legislation that imposes restrictions on online media and penalties on those who insult the state. The bill, introduced on Thursday by the Kremlin-controlled lower house, the State Duma, prescribed

NEAR BAGHOUZ, Syria: US-backed Syrian forces prepared for another outpouring of civilians and suspected militants Thursday from the remnants of the Daesh group’s “caliphate,” which is teetering on the brink of total collapse.A fierce

US commander says fight against Daesh ‘far from over’ as suspected members leave Syrian holdout WASHINGTON: The battle against Daesh is "far from over" and the extremists remain unbroken and prepared for a resurgence despite the

ANKARA, Turkey: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has dismissed US threats to cancel the sale of high-tech F-35 jets to Turkey, saying his country will move ahead with the purchase of Russian S-400 air-defense

The medical charity Doctors Without Borders has criticised the humanitarian response to the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo. It said not enough's been done to gain the trust of local communities,

Israel's Central Elections Committee has disqualified an alliance of Palestinian-Israeli parties from running in next month's election. It follows a petition filed by the prime minister's Likud party and two others, accusing the now

Human-rights lawyers have urged the International Criminal Court (ICC) to open a preliminary investigation into alleged mass deportations by Syrian authorities, in an attempt to hold President Bashar al-Assad's regime accountable for atrocities carried

For China, Huawei is a source of national pride - it's even written into the company's name. For the United States and many Western nations, however, the tech giant is a spying tool for

A top pro-independence leader in Indian-administered Kashmir has been booked under the controversial Public Safety Act (PSA) which could see him imprisoned for up to two years without a trial. Yasin Malik, chief of

NEAR BAGHOUZ, Syria: US-backed Syrian forces prepared for another outpouring of civilians and suspected militants Thursday from the remnants of the Daesh group’s “caliphate,” which is teetering on the brink of total collapse.A fierce