SARAQIB, Syria: Turkish troop reinforcements entered Syria’s rebel bastion of Idlib on Tuesday, an AFP correspondent reported, a week after a deal between Ankara and Moscow averted a government offensive.Around 35 military vehicles traveled

World leaders have descended on New York to take part in the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly.  The Iran nuclear deal, a response to the Rohingya crisis, and the future of the

Tehran, Iran - This time last year, to buy one American dollar cost you 38,000 Iranian riyals. When President Hassan Rouhani's plane hit the tarmac in New York City on Sunday night, that number

Oil prices hit a four-year high of $82.01 a barrel on Tuesday after Saudi Arabia and Russia appeared to reject calls from the US to increase production amid looming sanctions against Iranian oil. Brent

Europe's increasingly hardline refugee policy is raising concerns about the transparency of search and rescue in the Mediterranean, now that all vessels operated by aid organisations have been put out of action. Panamanian authorities

Africa seems to make headlines for all the wrong reasons. People around the world associate the continent with extreme poverty, hunger, drought, civil wars and terrorism. Generations of politicians, activists and development experts have

(CNN)New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has told CNN she hoped the decision to bring her 3-month-old baby to the United Nations General Assembly would "create a path for other women." Ardern's daughter Neve

The founders of Instagram have resigned from the business they started eight years ago in San Francisco and built into a global phenomenon used by a billion people. Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger founded

Food photographers and brand ambassadors, move aside: Goldman Sachs is joining Instagram. The investment bank's official account, launching Tuesday, will feature content designed to endear the Goldman brand to a new generation. Look out

GENEVA: When your job has been labelled “mission impossible,” failure may be the most likely outcome.There is no doubt that the United Nations Special Envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura, has persevered through extraordinary