Dhaka, Bangladesh - With less than a week remaining before Bangladesh's much anticipated parliamentary elections, the main opposition Jatiya Oikya Front (National Unity Front) has accused the government of carrying out mass arrests of

DAMASCUS: Damascus on Saturday night lit up its tallest Christmas tree in Abbasid Square amid joyous celebrations. A Christmas scout band paraded through a number of the capital’s neighborhoods, ending in the square, which

DAMASCUS: Damascus on Saturday night lit up its tallest Christmas tree in Abbasid Square amid joyous celebrations. A Christmas scout band paraded through a number of the capital’s neighborhoods, ending in the square, which

BETHLEHEM: Palestinian Christians celebrated Christmas despite Israeli restrictions. The city of Bethlehem adorned a Christmas tree in Manger Square, where the Church of the Nativity is located.  The square hosted a number of activities,

A tsunami has killed more than 370 people and injured hundreds on the shorelines of Java and Sumatra in Indonesia, the latest disaster to hit the vast archipelago of more than 17,000 islands and

A Mexican governor and her senator husband have been killed in a helicopter crash in the central state of Puebla. Martha Erika Alonso, a senior opposition figure and the new governor of Puebla, died

US President Donald Trump has accepted an invitation by his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, to visit the country, according to a spokesperson for Turkey's leader.  Speaking to reporters after a cabinet meeting on Monday

South Lampung, Indonesia - The wedding party had already begun when the first wave struck Rajabasa, a village in South Lampung on the Indonesian island of Sumatra. At first, Abdulrahman, the village head, and

At least 17 people were shot dead in the latest attack on villages in northern Nigeria's Zamfara state over the weekend, according to witnesses and police. Kasimu Bello, resident of Magami village in the

DAMASCUS: Damascus on Saturday night lit up its tallest Christmas tree in Abbasid Square amid joyous celebrations. A Christmas scout band paraded through a number of the capital’s neighborhoods, ending in the square, which