BEIRUT – Human Rights Watch is criticizing the way Turkey is conducting its offensive in northern Syria, saying it has failed to take necessary precautions to avoid civilian casualties. The New York-based group cites three attacks in the Afrin region…
JUBA, South Sudan – The witness accounts remain appalling. One South Sudanese man returned home after hiding from government soldiers to find they had blinded his mother, gouging out her eyes with spears. She had tried to defend her 17-year-old…
The man who attacked the US embassy in Montenegro was a strong opponent of NATO and had reportedly fought for the Yugoslav Army. (AP/Facebook (inset)) The man who blew himself up this week after tossing a grenade at the U.S. Embassy in…
KABUL, Afghanistan – Afghanistan's president and Pakistan's prime minister have launched a 1,814 kilometer (1,130 miles) gas pipeline that will feed Turkmenistan gas to Afghanistan, as well as Pakistan and eventually to India. The first part of the inauguration Friday…
NEW DELHI – Prime Minister Narendra Modi has greeted his Canadian counterpart Justin Trudeau with a hug, a day after embarrassed Canadian diplomats had to rescind a party invitation for a man convicted of attempting to kill an Indian politician…
TOKYO – Police have arrested two Japanese men believed to be right-wing activists for shooting at North Korea's de facto embassy in Tokyo. Police said Friday that the men fired several shots at the General Association of Korean Residents in…
New satellite imagery of Myanmar's Rakhine state shows the country's government is using bulldozers to completely flatten dozens of Rohingya Muslim villages that were burned during violence last year.
Police guard the entrance to the United States embassy building in Podgorica, Montenegro, February 22, 2018. (REUTERS) The U.S. Embassy in the Balkan state of Montenegro was attacked Thursday by an individual armed with a hand grenade, who hurled the…
YOKOHAMA, Japan – Starting next month, Nissan Motor Co. will be testing on regular roads what it calls "a robo-vehicle mobility service." The service is Called Easy Ride. It uses a cell-phone app to book semi-autonomous driven rides. Nissan demonstrated…
CANBERRA, Australia – Australia's beleaguered deputy prime minister has resigned from the Cabinet over allegations that he sexually harassed a woman. Barnaby Joyce said Friday that while he will exit the Cabinet, he will not resign from Parliament. That ensures…
OTTAWA, Ontario – A stunning oversight that allowed a man convicted of attempted murder to be invited to a party in India with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is prompting many to say the Canadian government is too close to Sikh…
BOGOTA, Colombia – Venezuela's cash-strapped government faces eviction from a Miami building it once owned after its consulate failed to pay rent since August. The notice was filed Feb. 15 in a Miami-Dade county court. The landlord, a developer behind…
WINNIPEG, Manitoba – A man accused of killing a 15-year-old indigenous girl and dumping her body in Winnipeg's Red River has been found not guilty of second-degree murder. Tina Fontaine's remains were discovered eight days after she was reported missing…
BILBAO, Spain – Spanish police say an officer has died after clashes between police and soccer fans before a Europa League match on Thursday. Police said the officer died in hospital after clashes outside San Mames Stadium in the Basque…
PARIS – A court has rejected a release request by a prominent Islamic scholar incarcerated this month on preliminary rape charges. A judicial official said that Tariq Ramadan, who was briefly hospitalized recently, refused to leave his prison cell to…
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – A Haitian government minster says Oxfam will be suspended in the country for two months pending an investigation into sexual misconduct by employees of the aid group. Minister of Planning and External Cooperation Aviol Fleurant says Haiti…
LONDON – A senior official at UNICEF has resigned after allegations of inappropriate behavior during an earlier stint at Save The Children. Deputy executive director Justin Forsyth said Thursday he is stepping down from his UNICEF post "because of the…
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina – Argentine officials say that a police officer and a Russian diplomatic official were arrested after authorities seized a large cocaine shipment at the Russian embassy in Buenos Aires. Security Minister Patricia Bullrich said Thursday that 860…
More than 100 girls are missing in Nigeria three days after a suspected attack by Boko Haram extremists. (REUTERS) MAIDUGURI, Nigeria – More than 100 girls are still missing three days after suspected Boko Haram extremists attacked their school in…
THE HAGUE, Netherlands – Lawmakers in the lower house of the Dutch parliament have overwhelmingly voted to label as genocide the mass killings of Armenians by Ottoman Turks more than a century ago. The move is likely to further ratchet…
BUCHAREST, Romania – Romania's justice minister has called for the country's chief anti-corruption prosecutor to be removed from her post, citing what he said were serious concerns about the way she conducted her job. Justice Minister Tudorel Toader claimed Thursday…
A former North Korean intelligence chief, believed to be the mastermind behind a deadly attack on South Korea, will lead the Hermit Kingdom's high-level delegation to the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics’ closing ceremony -- acting the part of diplomat in the…
UNITED NATIONS – Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter is warning that the two-state solution in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict "is being overtaken by a one-state reality which will have dire consequences for Israel in the long-term." Carter concluded that the establishment…
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria – Parents in northern Nigeria say more than 100 girls are still missing three days after suspected Boko Haram extremists attacked their school. The announcement on Thursday comes after government officials in Yobe state acknowledged that some 50…