Saudi Arabia has ruled out reopening the kingdom's embassy in Syria, saying it is "too early" to restore diplomatic ties with President Bashar al-Assad's government. The comments were made on Monday by Minister of State

Germany's coalition government says it will introduce legislation that will allow authorities to strip people with dual nationality of their German citizenship if they fight for a foreign armed group.  The proposed rule will

The House Judiciary Committee is launching a sweeping new probe of US President Donald Trump, his White House, his campaign and his businesses, sending document requests to 81 people linked to the president and

(CNN)Venezuela's self-declared interim president Juan Guaido returned to the country on Monday, risking arrest for violating a travel ban in his bid to oust the embattled Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. Guaido was met by

Rome (CNN)Pope Francis has announced that the Vatican next year will open its secret archives containing World War II-era documents from the controversial papacy of Pope Pius XII.The archives cover the years 1939-1958 and

(CNN)Liz Patu, captain of the Australian women's rugby team, has been banned for six weeks for biting an opponent.The incident occurred in the Super W clash between Patu's Queensland Reds and Rugby WA, where

Beijing (CNN)The case against the two Canadians detained in the wake of the controversial arrest of a Huawei executive was revealed by China's Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission on Monday.In a statement described

(CNN)Radical plans to reshape rugby's international calendar have caused shockwaves through the sport, but World Rugby vice-chairman Agustin Pichot has quelled fears that certain teams -- specifically Fiji and Samoa -- will be excluded

Starving Hodeidah where death stalks streets, as food for millions sits in storage DUBAI: A woman rummaging through garbage for scraps of food; a father pushing his skeletal teenage son in a wheelbarrow searching

ISTANBUL: A Turkish court accepted an indictment seeking life sentences against businessman and rights activist Osman Kavala and 15 others over the 2013 Gezi protests, Kavala’s lawyer said on Monday.Hundreds of thousands of people