ROME: Before their lives ended in an underwater deathtrap, before they lined up 100 to a row on a Libyan beach to board a boat with no anchor, the young men from the parched

US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, a retired Marine Corps general who was known as a stabilising force in President Donald Trump's Cabinet, will leave his job at the end of February, Trump said in

US President Donald Trump defended his decision to withdraw US troops from Syria, saying his that the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS) group has been defeated. His

At least eight people have been killed in protests that have swept across Sudan on Thursday over the rising costs of bread and fuel, officials said.  According to Gadarif's city's commissioner who spoke to Sudania

The outgoing United Nations envoy to Syria, Staffan de Mistura, acknowledged that a committee tasked with writing a new constitution for the war-torn country would not be in place by year's end as was hoped.   "We

The United States will soon send non-Mexican asylum seekers who cross the US southern border back to wait in Mexico while their requests are processed, the Trump administration announced on Thursday. Immigrant advocates and

(CNN Business)The Justice Department charged two Chinese nationals Thursday in a global hacking scheme to steal business secrets as part of a campaign allegedly directed by the Chinese government.Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein said

London (CNN Business)Europeans crave a balance between life and work, and they're hoping to get their fix at tech companies and carmakers. That's according to a new survey of European students released Thursday by

Hong Kong (CNN Business)Could Budweiser drinkers soon be swapping beer for pot? AB InBev (BUD), the world's biggest brewer, said Wednesday that it's teaming up with Canada's Tilray (TLRY) to research cannabis-infused drinks. It's

(CNN) — The mountain is silent save for his thumping heart as he waits for the skier to drop into the frame. As an explosion of snow pierces the sparkling air, he fires the