A British-Bangladeshi citizen has been released from prison in Bangladesh after being held for two years over suspicion of involvement in a major restaurant attack in the capital, Dhaka. The Anti-Terrorism Special Tribunal on Wednesday cleared Hasnat Karim

The Trump administration unveiled a proposal in July that would strip the Endangered Species Act of some of its provisions. Conservationists say this move would weaken a law enacted 45 years ago to keep

With huge amounts of dust in the atmosphere, the sunsets in California are currently spectacular.  However, the pollution is so bad in some locations the air-quality index was classed as "unhealthy" by the US

Buenos Aires, Argentina - As Argentine senators laid out their positions ahead of an historic abortion rights vote, the streets surrounding the Congress building in Buenos Aires became a colour-coded battleground for those in

Workers have gone on strike at al-Mahra border crossing between Yemen and Oman. They are protesting against new restrictions and tariffs, up to 100 percent, on imported goods. Seventy percent of imports to Yemen

GAZA: Israel and Gazan militants engaged in a new exchange of fire Thursday after a brief pause in deadly hostilities, with a strike flattening a building in the Palestinian enclave and a rocket landing deep

The third and fourth-place finishers in the first round of Mali's presidential election have declined to endorse neither frontrunner in Sunday's runoff vote, dealing a blow to opposition leader Soumaila Cisse's hopes of defeating President Ibrahim

Puerto Rican officials have quietly acknowledged that last year's devastating Hurricane Maria killed more than 1,400 people, far more than the official death toll of 64 that was previously reported.  The figure was included

Kinshasa, DRC - After years of uncertainty, Joseph Kabila, the president of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) who has been in power for 17 years - has finally made it clear that he will not

Earlier this week, the United States reimposed a wide range of sanctions on Iran following President Donald Trump's administration decision to withdraw from the Iran nuclear agreement. Washington called on other powers to join