Rescue teams are searching for survivors after an eight-storey residential building collapsed in the Turkish city of Istanbul, killing at least three people. It was not immediately clear how many people were trapped in the

UNITED NATIONS: The United States blocked a draft United Nations Security Council statement on Wednesday that would have expressed regret at Israel’s decision to eject a foreign observer force from the flashpoint Palestinian city

BAGHDAD: Iraq’s most powerful Shiite cleric joined criticism on Wednesday of President Donald Trump’s plan to keep US troops in Iraq to counter Iran. Iraq wants good relations with all its neighbors “based on

GENEVA: Senior Iranian figures said on Wednesday that Syria was a top foreign policy priority and American troops should withdraw, as planned by US President Donald Trump. “Whether they want to or not, the Americans

Turkey's foreign minister has said the work to implement an agreement between Ankara and Washington over the town of Manbij in northern Syria has recently accelerated. Speaking to reporters in the US capital on Wednesday,

The board of one of Hinduism's holiest temples has said it now supports allowing women of menstruating age to enter the ancient shrine in southern India, reversing its previous backing for a centuries-old ban.

Rescue teams are searching for survivors after an eight-storey residential building collapsed in the Turkish city of Istanbul, killing at least two people. It was not immediately clear how many people were trapped in the

The last four years were the hottest since global temperature records began, the United Nations has confirmed, in an analysis that it said was a "clear sign of continuing long-term climate change". The world

London, United Kingdom - As the clock ticks down on the United Kingdom's pending divorce from the European Union, an influential British think-tank said on Wednesday that it was possible for Britain to avoid

ALGIERS: No matter who wins Algeria’s presidential election, 29-year-old cardiologist Moumen Mohamed plans to seek his fortune elsewhere. He is one of a growing number of young, educated Algerians who are looking for work in